EXHIBIT 10.2
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
REQUEST
RESEARCH COLLABORATION
AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
by and between
ASTRAZENECA AB
and
PALATIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INFORMATION MARKED " *** " IS OMITTED
AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION UNDER RULE 24b-2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Definitions...............................................................5
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2. Construction.............................................................18
3. The Research Collaboration...............................................18
4. Management of the Research Collaboration.................................23
5. Reports..................................................................31
6. Development Project......................................................31
7. Ownership and Grant of Rights............................................33
8. Confirmatory Patent Licenses.............................................39
9. Research Funding.........................................................39
10. Consideration...........................................................41
11. Royalty Payments and Other Payment-Related Provisions...................45
12. Taxes...................................................................51
13. Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure......................................52
14. Trademarks..............................................................57
15. Patent Prosecution and Defence..........................................58
16. Enforcement of Patents..................................................61
17. Potential Third Party Rights............................................64
18. Representations and Warranties..........................................68
19. Indemnification and Insurance...........................................74
20. Term and Termination....................................................78
21. Force Majeure...........................................................87
22. Assignment..............................................................88
23. Severability............................................................89
24. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution....................................90
25. Interpretation of Certain Evidence......................................91
26. Notices.................................................................91
27. Relationship of the Parties.............................................92
28. Entire Agreement........................................................93
29. English Language........................................................93
30. Amendment...............................................................93
31. Waiver and Non-Exclusion of Remedies....................................93
32. No Benefit to Third Parties.............................................94
33. Equitable Relief........................................................94
34. Further Assurance.......................................................94
35. Expenses................................................................95
36. Counterparts............................................................95
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RESEARCH COLLABORATION
AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
This Research Collaboration and
License Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made effective as of the 30th day of
January 2007 (the “Effective Date”), by and between
(1) |
ASTRAZENECA AB, a company incorporated in Sweden under no. 556011-7482 with
offices at X-000 00 Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx (“AstraZeneca”); and |
(2) |
PALATIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of
business at 0-X Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
(“Palatin”). |
Recitals
(A) |
WHEREAS, Palatin is engaged in research regarding modulation of the activity of
the MC4 receptor, including regulation of appetite for treatment of obesity,
diabetes and related metabolic syndrome; and |
(B) |
WHEREAS, AstraZeneca and its Affiliates (as defined below) have specialised
experience in, among other things, the research, development, manufacturing and
commercialisation of pharmaceutical compounds worldwide; and |
(C) |
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to engage in a research collaboration utilising the
Parties’ respective knowledge, skills and proprietary technology to develop
the Agreement Compounds (as defined below) *** (as specified below and in the
Research Plan) and up to selection of Candidate Drug (as defined below) for ***;
and |
(D) |
WHEREAS, the Parties wish AstraZeneca to be responsible, as a general matter,
for all other aspects of the development and commercialisation of the Agreement
Compounds and Licensed Products (as defined below); and |
(E) |
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to collaborate as set forth above and Palatin desires
to grant a licence to AstraZeneca, and AstraZeneca desires to take a licence, to
develop and commercialise the above-mentioned Agreement Compounds and Licensed
Products in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below. |
Agreement
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties,
intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1. Definitions
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Unless
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the following terms have the following
meanings: |
1.1. |
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“AAALAC” means the Association for the Assessment and
Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care. |
1.2. |
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“Additional Indication” means an indication other than such
***. |
1.3. |
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“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Person, any Person that
Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such first Person.
For purposes of this definition only, “Control” means (a) to
possess, directly or indirectly, the power to direct the management or policies
of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or by contract
relating to voting rights or corporate governance, or (b) to own, directly or
indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities
or other ownership interest of such Person. |
1.4. |
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“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this
agreement. |
1.5. |
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“Agreement Compounds” means the Compound and the Collaboration
Compound. |
1.6. |
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“Annual Net Sales” means the Net Sales made during a given
Calendar Year. |
1.7. |
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“Applicable Law” means the applicable laws, rules and
regulations, including any rules, regulations, guidelines or other requirements
of the Health Authorities, that may be in effect from time to time in the
Territory. |
1.8. |
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“AstraZeneca Background Technologies” means any (a)
Information, discovery, invention, products, cultures, biological materials and
other materials and compositions (including Collaboration Materials provided by
AstraZeneca to Palatin hereunder), owned or Controlled independent of this
Agreement by AstraZeneca or its Affiliates at the Effective Date or during the
Collaboration Term and introduced at its sole discretion to Palatin under the
Research Collaboration by AstraZeneca or its Affiliates and (b) IP Protection
Rights pertaining to any of the foregoing. |
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1.9. |
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“AstraZeneca Improvements” means all Results that constitute
Improvements to the AstraZeneca Background Technologies. |
1.10. |
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“AstraZeneca Information” has the meaning set forth in Section
13.1.2. |
1.11. |
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“AstraZeneca Patents” means Patents with respect to AstraZeneca
Improvements. |
1.12. |
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“AstraZeneca Principal Scientists” means the principal
scientists designated by AstraZeneca to be responsible for all Research
Collaboration activities undertaken by AstraZeneca and serving as the primary
contacts for Palatin on all matters related to the Research Collaboration. The
AstraZeneca Principal Scientists are listed in Schedule 1.12 hereto. |
1.13. |
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“AstraZeneca Product Data” has the meaning set forth in Section
20.7.1. |
1.14. |
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“Calendar Quarter” means each successive period of three (3)
calendar months commencing on 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October. |
1.15. |
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“Calendar Year” means each successive period of twelve (12)
calendar months commencing on 1st January |
1.16. |
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“Candidate Drug” or “CD” means an Agreement
Compound selected by AstraZeneca in its sole discretion as a candidate for
clinical development. |
1.17. |
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“Change of Corporate Control” means the occurrence of any of
the following: |
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any
merger, consolidation or sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets, or other similar transaction to which Palatin is a party
unless, following such transaction or transactions, (i) the
individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the
outstanding voting securities of Palatin immediately prior to such
transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least fifty
percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding
voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors or similar governing persons of the corporation or other
entity resulting from such transaction (“Successor”) in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately
prior to such transaction of such outstanding voting securities, and
(ii) at least fifty percent (50%) of the members of the Board of
Directors or similar governing body of the Successor were members of
the Board of Directors of Palatin at the time of the execution of the
initial agreement, or the action of the Board of Directors of Palatin,
providing for such transaction. |
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(b) |
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any
transaction or series of related transactions in which any “person”,
as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
together with any of such person’s “affiliates” or
“associates”, as such terms are used in the Exchange Act,
become the beneficial owner of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
combined voting power of the outstanding securities of Palatin. |
1.18. |
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“Collaboration Compound” means any compound, other than a
Compound, and any of its metabolites, salts, crystalline forms, esters, free
acid forms, free base forms, pro-drug forms, racemates and all optically active
forms thereof that are selected by means of ***. |
1.19. |
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“Collaboration Management Committee” or “CMC” means
the joint committee established by the Parties pursuant to Article 4.1.1. |
1.20. |
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“Collaboration Materials” means any compounds, cells, cell
lines, DNA and RNA molecules, plasmids, proteins, crystals, coordinates,
antibodies, antibody coding DNA sequences, antibody coding expression vectors
and antibody expressing transfected cell lines and other materials and any
replications of any of the foregoing, that one Party provides to the other Party
to enable such Party to perform work under the Research Collaboration; provided,
however, that “Collaboration Materials” shall exclude all
Collaboration Results. |
1.21. |
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“Collaboration Patent” means Patents with respect to
Collaboration Results. |
1.22. |
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“Collaboration Results” means Results that are discovered,
conceived, reduced to practice or otherwise generated through work performed,
jointly or by either Party, under the Research Collaboration, provided, however,
that Collaboration Results shall exclude all AstraZeneca Improvements other than
as provided in the last sentence of Section 1.18. |
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1.23. |
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“Collaboration Term” has the meaning specified in Section 20.2. |
1.24. |
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“Collaboration Year” means the twelve-month period starting on
the Effective Date and any immediately subsequent twelve-month period. |
1.25. |
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“Combination Product” means a Product that contains an
Agreement Compound together with one or more other active ingredient(s) that are
sold either as a fixed dose or as separate doses in a single package. |
1.26. |
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“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to the
research, development, Manufacture or commercialisation of an Agreement Compound
or Licensed Product, as the case may be, efforts and resources used by
AstraZeneca for its own compounds or products with similar commercial and
scientific potential at a similar stage in their lifecycle, taking into
consideration their safety and efficacy, their cost to develop, the
competitiveness of alternative products and the nature and extent of their
market exclusivity (including Patent coverage and regulatory exclusivity), the
likelihood of regulatory approval, their estimated overall profitability,
including the amounts of marketing and promotional expenditures with respect to
the Licensed Products and Competing Products and all other relevant factors.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts shall be determined on a market-by-market basis
for each Agreement Compound and each Licensed Product, as applicable; provided,
however, that should what would otherwise constitute Commercially Reasonable
Efforts with respect to an individual market conflict with, or otherwise not
constitute, Commercially Reasonable Efforts with respect to a group of markets
out of which such individual market is a part then Commercially Reasonable
Efforts shall be determined for such group of markets as a whole. |
1.27. |
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“Competing Product” has the meaning set forth in Section
11.5.1. |
1.28. |
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“Compound” means compounds covered or claimed by the Licensed
Patents. |
1.29. |
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“Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section
13.1.1. |
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1.30. |
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“Control” means, with respect to any item of Information,
Patent or other IP Protection Right, possession of the right, whether directly
or indirectly, and whether by ownership, license or otherwise, to assign, or
grant a license, sublicense or other right to or under, such information, Patent
or other IP Protection Right as provided for herein without violating the terms
of any agreement or other arrangement with any Third Party. |
1.31. |
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“Defending Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 17.4. |
1.32. |
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“Development Project” means any activities under this Agreement
by or on behalf of AstraZeneca or its Affiliates outside of the Research
Collaboration with the aim of developing one or more Licensed Products. |
1.33. |
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“Development Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3. |
1.34. |
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“Development Results” means any and all Results not
constituting Collaboration Results or AstraZeneca Improvements. |
1.35. |
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“Disclosing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.1. |
1.36. |
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“Distributor” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8. |
1.37. |
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“Effective Date” means the date as set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement. |
1.38. |
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“Europe” means the European Economic Area as it may be
constituted from time to time. |
1.39. |
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“Exploit” means to make, have made, import, use, sell, or offer
for sale, including to research, develop, register, modify, enhance, improve,
Manufacture, have Manufactured, hold/keep (whether for disposal or otherwise),
formulate, optimise, have used, export, transport, distribute, promote, market
or have sold or otherwise dispose or offer to dispose of, a product or process. |
1.40. |
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“Exploitation” means the act of Exploiting a product or
process. |
1.41. |
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“FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration and
any successor agency thereto. |
1.42. |
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“First Commercial Sale” means the first sale for monetary value
for use or consumption by the general public of a Licensed Product in any
country in the Territory after Health Registration Approval for the sale of such
Licensed Product has been obtained in such country. For the avoidance of doubt,
sales prior to receipt of all Health Registration Approvals necessary to
commence regular commercial sales, such as so-called “treatment IND
sales,” “named patient sales” and “compassionate use
sales,” shall not be construed as a First Commercial Sale. |
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1.43. |
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“Force Majeure” has the meaning set forth in Section 21.1. |
1.44. |
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“Force Majeure Party” means a Party prevented or delayed in its
performance under this Agreement by an event of Force Majeure. |
1.45. |
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“FTE” means the equivalent of one (1) researcher being at least
a graduate or a similarly qualified employee of Palatin having the requisite
skills to fulfill Palatin’s obligations under this Agreement and devoting
the equivalent hours of a full time employee. For purposes of this Agreement,
“full time” shall *** per Calendar Year as determined in accordance
with Palatin’s regular project hour reporting system. An FTE shall be an
employee of Palatin or a permitted subcontractor pursuant to Section 3.3. |
1.46. |
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“FTE Rate” means the price of one (1) FTE per single Calendar
Year. The FTE Rate shall be ***. The FTE Rate reflects the fully burdened costs
for an FTE. AstraZeneca shall not be responsible for any Palatin ***, incurred
in pursuit of the Research Collaboration and the consultation services rendered
by Palatin under this Agreement, above and beyond the FTE Rate, or for ***. |
1.47. |
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“Grant-Back Patents” has the meaning set forth in Section
20.7.2. |
1.48. |
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“Health Authority” means any applicable supra-national,
federal, national, regional, state, provincial or local regulatory agency,
department, bureau, commission, council or other government entity regulating or
otherwise exercising authority with respect to the Exploitation of Agreement
Compounds or Licensed Products in the Territory |
1.49. |
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“Health Registration Approval” means, with respect to a country
in the Territory, any and all approvals, licenses, registrations or
authorisations of any Health Authority necessary to commercially distribute,
sell or market a Licensed Product in such country, including, where applicable,
(a) pricing and reimbursement approval in such country, (b) pre- and
post-approval marketing authorisations (including any prerequisite Manufacturing
approval or authorisation related thereto), (c) labelling approval and (d)
technical, medical and scientific licenses. |
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1.50. |
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“Improvements” means any improvements, adaptations,
modifications or upgrading, and any IP Protection Rights related thereto. |
1.51. |
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“ICC” has the meaning set forth in Section 24.2. |
1.52. |
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“Information Forum” or “IF” has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.3.2. |
1.54. |
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“IND” means an investigational new drug application filed with
the FDA for authorisation to commence human clinical trials in the U.S., and its
equivalent in other countries or regulatory jurisdictions in the Territory. |
1.55. |
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“Indemnification Claim Notice” has the meaning set forth in
Section 19.3. |
1.56. |
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“Indemnified Party” means a Party, its Affiliates or its or
their respective directors, officers, employees and agents designated under
Section 19.1 or 19.2, as applicable, seeking to recover a Loss under such
applicable Section. |
1.57. |
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“Indemnifying Party” means a Party from whom recovery of a Loss
is sought under Section 19.1 or 19.2. |
1.58. |
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“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 19.3. |
1.59. |
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“Indirect Taxes” means value added taxes, sales taxes,
consumption taxes and other similar taxes. |
1.60. |
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“Information” means all technical, scientific and other
know-how and information, trade secrets, knowledge, technology, means, methods,
processes, practices, formulae, instructions, skills, techniques, procedures,
experiences, ideas, technical assistance, designs, drawings, assembly
procedures, computer programs, apparatuses, specifications, data, results and
other material, including: the process and results of high-throughput screening,
gene expression, genomics, proteomics and other drug discovery and development
technology; biological, chemical, pharmacological, toxicological,
pharmaceutical, physical and analytical, pre-clinical, clinical, safety,
manufacturing and quality control data and information, including study designs
and protocols; assays and biological methodology; Manufacturing and quality
control procedures and data, including test procedures; and synthesis,
purification and isolation techniques, (whether or not confidential,
proprietary, patented or patentable) in written, electronic or any other form
now known or hereafter developed, but excluding the Regulatory Documentation. |
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1.61. |
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“Infringement Suit” has the meaning set forth in Section 17.4. |
1.62. |
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“IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 20.10. |
1.63. |
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“IP Protection Rights” means any and all legal means of
establishing rights in and to ideas, inventions, discoveries, know-how, data,
databases, documentation, reports, materials, writings, designs, computer
software, processes, principles, methods, techniques and other information,
including Patents, trade marks, service marks, trade names, registered designs,
design rights, copyrights (including rights in computer software and database
rights) and any rights or property similar to any of the foregoing in any part
of the world, whether registered or not, together with the right to apply for
the registration of any such rights. |
1.64. |
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“Joint Executive Committee” or “JEC” means the
joint committee established by the Parties pursuant to Section 4.2.1. |
1.65. |
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“Key Personnel” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2. |
1.66. |
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“Knowledge” means a Party’s and its Affiliates’
understanding in good faith of the relevant facts and information resulting from
the reasonable conduct of its business affairs, but without the requirement of
performing an investigation with respect to any such facts and information. |
1.67. |
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“License” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5. |
1.68. |
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“*** Patents” means (a) all patents and patent applications set
forth in Schedule 1.68 and (b) any Patents with respect to such patents
and patent applications. |
1.69. |
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“Licensed Field” means the palliative, prophylactic or
therapeutic treatment of mammalian, including human, obesity, diabetes and
related metabolic syndrome by use of (a) a Compound, other than such Compound
mentioned under (b), which binds to the melanocortin-4 receptor or the
melanocortin-3 receptor; or (b) a Compound which binds to the melanocortin-4
receptor and is effective for palliative, prophylactic or therapeutic treatment
of any mammalian, including human, disease, syndrome or condition as a result of
such binding to the melanocortin-4 receptor, but specifically excluding from
either of the foregoing ***. |
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1.70. |
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“Licensed Improvement” means any Improvement with respect to an
Agreement Compound or Licensed Product or relating to the Exploitation thereof
Controlled by Palatin or its Affiliates, not constituting a Development Result,
whether or not patentable, that is conceived, reduced to practice, developed or
discovered or otherwise made outside the Research Collaboration during the term
of this Agreement by or on behalf of Palatin or its Affiliates or by the Parties
or their respective Affiliates jointly, or their respective employees and agents
(whether alone or jointly with others), or otherwise Controlled by Palatin or
its Affiliates at any time prior to and at the Effective Date or during any
period in which AstraZeneca owes royalties to Palatin pursuant to Section 11.7,
and which AstraZeneca has not rejected pursuant to Section 7.4.1. |
1.71. |
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“Licensed Know-How” means the Information set out and described
in Schedule 1.71 and ***, but excluding any Information to the extent
covered or claimed by the Licensed Patents. |
1.73. |
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“Licensed Patents” means the *** Patents and *** and any
Patents claiming or covering any Licensed Improvement. |
1.74. |
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“Licensed Products” means the Products and the Combination
Products. |
1.75. |
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“Losses” means any and all direct or indirect liability,
damage, loss or expense, including interest, penalties and reasonable
lawyers’ fees and disbursements. In calculating Losses, the duty to
mitigate on the part of the Party suffering the Loss shall be taken into
account. |
1.76. |
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“Major Markets” means (a) ***, (b) ***, or (c) ***. |
1.77. |
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“Manufacture” and “Manufacturing” means, with
respect to a product or compound, the synthesis, manufacturing, processing,
formulating, packaging, labelling, holding and quality control testing of such
product or compound. |
1.78. |
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“Net Sales” means the gross invoiced amount on sales of the
Licensed Products by AstraZeneca and its Affiliates to Third Parties (including
Distributors) after deduction of: |
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normal
and customary trade, quantity or prompt settlement discounts (including
chargebacks and allowances) actually allowed; |
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amounts
*** or *** by reason of *** determined by AstraZeneca or its Affiliates
in good faith and not inconsistent with standard industry practice; |
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***
similar payments made with respect to *** such as, by way of illustration
and not in limitation of the Parties’ rights hereunder, ***; |
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any
other deductions that are consistent with generally-accepted accounting
principles, or in the case of non-United States sales, other
applicable accounting standards ; and |
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as
an allowance for *** percent (***) of the amount arrived at after application
of the provisions of items (a) to (f) above. |
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Net
Sales shall be calculated using AstraZeneca’s internal systems, which systems are
externally audited, used to report such sales as adjusted for any of items (a) to (g)
above not taken into account in such systems. Deductions pursuant to subsection (d) above
shall be taken in the Calendar Quarter in which such sales are no longer recorded as a
receivable. |
1.79. |
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“Non-Defending Party” has the meaning set forth in Section
17.4. |
1.80. |
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“Palatin Principal Scientists” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2. |
1.81. |
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“Parties” means AstraZeneca and Palatin and “Party”
means either of AstraZeneca or Palatin. |
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1.82. |
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“Patents” means (a) all national, regional and international
patents and patent applications, including provisional patent applications, (b)
all patent applications filed either from such patents, patent applications or
provisional applications or from an application claiming priority from either of
these, including divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part,
provisionals, converted provisionals, and continued prosecution applications,
(c) any and all patents that have issued or in the future issue from the
foregoing patent applications ((a) and (b)), including utility models, xxxxx
patents and design patents and certificates of invention, (d) any and all
extensions or restorations by existing or future extension or restoration
mechanisms, including revalidations, reissues, re-examinations and extensions
(including any supplementary protection certificates and the like) of the
foregoing patents or patent applications ((a), (b) and (c)), and (e) any similar
rights, including so-called pipeline protection, or any importation,
revalidation, confirmation or introduction patent or registration patent or
patent of additions to any such foregoing patent applications and patents. |
1.83. |
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“Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1. |
1.84. |
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“Person” means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, incorporated
association, joint venture or similar entity or organization, including a
government or political subdivision, department or agency of a government. |
1.85. |
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“Phase I Clinical Trial” means a clinical study performed in
healthy subjects or patients starting with first single dose to man to study the
safety and tolerability and/or pharmacokinetic and/or pharmacodynamic properties
of a Candidate Drug. |
1.86. |
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“Phase II Clinical Trial” means a clinical study performed in
patients in order to define the optimal dose range for a Phase III Clinical
Trial. |
1.87. |
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“Phase III Clinical Trial” means a large scale, multicenter,
human clinical trial (excluding dose ranging studies) to be conducted in a
number of patients estimated to be sufficient to primarily establish efficacy of
a Licensed Product in the claim of e.g. obesity or diabetes or any other claimed
major medical indication and at a standard suitable to obtain a Health
Registration Approval in a Major Market. |
1.88. |
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“Product” means any product in a form suitable for applications
for human, veterinary or agricultural use that contains an Agreement Compound as
the sole active ingredient. |
1.89. |
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“Receiving Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.1. |
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1.90. |
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“Regulatory Documentation” means all applications,
registrations, licenses, authorisations and approvals (including all Health
Registration Approvals), all correspondence submitted to or received from Health
Authorities (including minutes and official contact reports relating to any
communications with any Health Authority) and all supporting documents and all
clinical studies and tests, relating to any Agreement Compounds or Licensed
Products, and all data contained in any of the foregoing, including all IND
applications, Health Registration Approvals, regulatory drug lists, advertising
and promotion documents, adverse event files and complaint files. |
1.91. |
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“Research Collaboration” means the research collaboration
described in the Research Plans. For the avoidance of doubt, any research or
development concerning the Agreement Compounds or the Licensed Products beyond
the Research Collaboration will be part of the Development Project. |
1.92. |
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“Research Plan” means the Discovery Research Plan, attached
hereto as Schedule 1.92, outlining the Research Collaboration and
each Party’s undertakings and obligations, including ***, in relation
thereto as they may be amended from time to time in accordance with Section
4.1.2. |
1.93. |
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“Results” means ideas, inventions, discoveries, know-how, data,
documentation, reports, materials, writings, designs, computer software,
processes, principles, methods, techniques and other information, recorded in
any form, that are discovered, conceived, reduced to practice or otherwise
generated through work performed under or in connection with this Agreement by
either Party or by the Parties jointly, and any IP Protection Rights pertaining
to any of the foregoing. |
1.95. |
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“Sublicensee” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7. |
1.96. |
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“Term” means the period beginning on the Effective Date and
continuing until the earlier of the date upon which this Agreement expires by
its terms or is terminated in accordance with Article 20. |
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1.98. |
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“Third Party” means any Person not including the Parties, the
Parties’ respective Affiliates or the Sublicensees. |
1.99. |
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“Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 19.1. |
1.100. |
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“Trademark” means any word, name, symbol, colour, designation
or device or any combination thereof for use in the course of trade, including
any trademark, trade dress, brand xxxx, trade name, brand name, logo or business
symbol used by AstraZeneca in connection with the Licensed Products. |
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“Triggering Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 17.1. |
1.102. |
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“United States” or “U.S.” means the United
States of America, including its territories, possessions and Puerto Rico. |
1.103. |
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“Valid Claim” shall mean, with respect to a Licensed Product in
a particular country, any claim of a Licensed Patent or Collaboration Patent
that claims the Agreement Compound included in such Licensed Product as a
composition of matter and either: |
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respect to a granted and unexpired Licensed Patent or Collaboration Patent
in such country, that (i) has not been held permanently revoked,
unenforceable or invalid by a decision of a court or other
governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, which decision is
unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal, and
(ii) has not been abandoned, disclaimed, denied or admitted to be
invalid or unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer or otherwise;
or |
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with
respect to a pending Licensed Patent or Collaboration Patent application
that was filed and is being prosecuted in good faith and has not been
abandoned or finally disallowed without the possibility of appeal or
re-filing of the application, provided that such claim has not been
pending for more than *** years. |
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Except
where the context requires otherwise, whenever used the singular includes the plural, the
plural includes the singular, the use of any gender is applicable to all genders and the
word “or” has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase
“and/or.” Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, unless otherwise
specified, such number refers to calendar days. The headings of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and do not define, describe, extend or limit the scope or
intent of this Agreement or the scope or intent of any provision contained in this
Agreement. The term “including” or “includes” as used in this
Agreement means including, without limiting the generality of any description preceding
such term. The wording of this Agreement shall be deemed to be the wording mutually chosen
by the Parties and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party. |
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The
Research Collaboration |
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Conduct
of Research Collaboration. During the Collaboration Term and under the
direction and supervision of the CMC, each Party shall (a) perform or
cause to be performed its obligations under the Research Plan in good
scientific manner and in compliance in all relevant material aspects with
all Applicable Law, including, as required by the Research Plan, good
laboratory practices, good manufacturing practice and good clinical
practices, (b) allocate sufficient time, effort, equipment and skilled
personnel to complete such activities successfully and promptly and (c)
insofar as the activities involve the use of animals by Palatin, Palatin
shall conduct activities in accordance with the AAALAC standards and
AstraZeneca International Policy on Animal Care and Use, attached hereto
as Schedule 3.1, to the extent stricter than the AAALAC standards.
Following the Effective Date, the Parties shall promptly commence the
Research Collaboration. |
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Facilities
and Key Personnel. Palatin shall provide facilities, equipment and
manpower that are reasonably necessary to carry out the work undertaken by
Palatin under the Research Collaboration at Palatin’s facilities at
the address set forth in the preamble to this Agreement or at such other
facilities as set out in the Research Plan. The principal scientists
designated by Palatin (the “Palatin Principal Scientists”)
shall be responsible for all Research Collaboration activities undertaken
by Palatin and shall supervise the work of all personnel engaged by
Palatin in the Research Collaboration. The Palatin Principal Scientists
shall serve as the primary contact for AstraZeneca on all matters |
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related
to the Discovery Research Plan and the Development Research Plan,
respectively. The Palatin Principal Scientists and other scientific and
technical personnel of Palatin considered by AstraZeneca to be of key
importance for the conduct of the Research Collaboration (the “Key
Personnel”), and the minimum amount of time that they each will
devote to the Research Collaboration, are listed on Schedule 3.2 hereto.
Palatin shall not substitute persons for the Key Personnel or materially
reduce the time commitment of any Key Personnel to the Research
Collaboration without the prior written approval of AstraZeneca. In the
event that any Key Personnel are no longer employed by Palatin or are
otherwise incapable of performing their obligations under this Agreement
(e.g., become disabled), the Parties shall meet and discuss in good faith
how best to proceed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Palatin shall continue
to be responsible for performing the activities undertaken by it under the
Research Collaboration and any consent or agreement by AstraZeneca
pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any
right or remedy AstraZeneca may have in relation to any failure by Palatin
to conduct such activities. |
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Subcontracting. Palatin shall be solely responsible for successfully
completing its activities set forth in the Research Plan. Palatin shall conduct
and carry out all activities provided for under the Research Collaboration
through its employees at the site identified under Section 3.2 unless and only
to the extent AstraZeneca consents in writing to Palatin engaging a
subcontractor to carry out a portion of such activities. Any such permitted
subcontract shall be subject to the applicable terms and conditions of this
Agreement, including Articles 7 and 13, and, upon AstraZeneca’s request,
Palatin shall require each such subcontractor to enter into an undertaking,
pursuant to which the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply
directly between such subcontractor and AstraZeneca, prior to disclosing to such
subcontractor any of AstraZeneca’s Confidential Information; provided,
however, that Palatin shall remain ultimately responsible for the performance of
its obligations under this Agreement. Any fees or costs due any such
subcontractor shall be at the sole expense of Palatin, unless otherwise agreed
upon in writing. |
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Collaboration Materials and Information Transfer |
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Palatin shall, and shall cause its Affiliates, without additional compensation
and at Palatin’s sole expense, to provide to AstraZeneca copies of any
Licensed Know-How which could be reasonably considered material to the Research
Collaboration, not previously provided to AstraZeneca, promptly after the
Effective Date. Upon AstraZeneca’s request to Palatin, Palatin shall
promptly provide to AstraZeneca any copies of additional Licensed Know-How and
originals of Licensed Know-How in those cases where AstraZeneca has a need for
the same in connection with the filing and prosecution of patents. |
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Upon the identification of hits through screening of ***, Palatin shall promptly
take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that information with regard to
such compound is not made available or accessible to any Third Party, including
by ***. |
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During the Research Collaboration each Party shall, and shall cause its
Affiliates, in accordance with the criteria and mechanisms established by the
CMC, disclose and make available to the other Party, in whatever form such Party
may reasonably request, all Collaboration Results promptly upon the earlier of
the conception or reduction to practice, discovery, development or making of
such Collaboration Results. |
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Each Party shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, in accordance with the
criteria and mechanisms established by the CMC, disclose and make available to
the other Party, in whatever form such Party may reasonably request, all
Collaboration Material promptly upon the Effective Date or upon the earlier of
the conception or reduction to practice, discovery, development or making of
such Collaboration Material; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, AstraZeneca shall only be required to provide or disclose to Palatin
such Collaboration Materials and other information as it determines, in its sole
discretion, is reasonably necessary for Palatin to perform its activities under
the Research Collaboration and AstraZeneca retains the right, in its reasonable
discretion, to withdraw any such Collaboration Material information from the
Research Collaboration upon written notice to Palatin. |
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Cooperation. Each Party shall cooperate with any and all reasonable
requests for assistance from the other Party with respect to the activities
under the Research Collaboration, including by making its employees, consultants
and other scientific staff available upon reasonable notice during normal
business hours at their respective places of employment to consult with such
other Party on issues arising in connection with the Research Collaboration. |
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Regulatory Records. Palatin and AstraZeneca each shall maintain, or cause
to be maintained, records of its respective activities under the Research
Collaboration in sufficient detail and in good scientific manner appropriate for
patent and regulatory purposes, which shall be complete and accurate and shall
fully and properly reflect all work done and results achieved in the performance
of its respective activities under the Research Collaboration, and which shall
be retained by such Party for at least *** years after the termination of the
Research Collaboration, or for such longer period as may be required by
Applicable Law; provided always that before destroying any such record upon
expiration of such period Palatin shall offer AstraZeneca in writing to transfer
such record to AstraZeneca and shall, should AstraZeneca declare in writing that
it wishes to have such record transferred, transfer it to AstraZeneca, at
AstraZeneca’s cost, without unreasonable delay. Each Party shall have the
right, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to inspect and
copy any such records. |
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Additional Undertakings of Palatin. |
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During the Collaboration Term and for a period of *** year thereafter, Palatin
covenants that it and its Affiliates shall not (a) conduct any research or
activity for or on behalf of any Third Party that is aimed at or has as its goal
or intent discovering, identifying, Exploiting or otherwise commercialising
products for the treatment of ***, or (b) grant any license or other rights to
any Person to utilise any intellectual property Controlled by Palatin or its
Affiliates for the purpose of discovering, identifying, Exploiting or otherwise
commercialising products for the treatment of ***. |
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does hereby grant, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their employees and
researchers to grant, to AstraZeneca and its Affiliates the first opportunity to obtain a
worldwide, exclusive license under the results that are discovered, conceived, reduced to
practice or otherwise generated through and under Palatin’s research work for the
treatment of *** to develop, make, use, sell, offer for sale and import any inventions
claimed or otherwise included therein and to otherwise use such results for all purposes.
For the avoidance of doubt, what is stated in the preceding sentence shall be entirely
without prejudice to the rights that AstraZeneca has licensed under Section 7.5 and
otherwise under this Agreement, and to Palatin’s undertakings in Sections 3.7.2 and
7.5 and otherwise under this Agreement. Palatin shall and shall cause its Affiliates and
its and their researchers, as applicable, to negotiate with AstraZeneca in good faith to
determine the terms of any such exclusive license agreement. If, after good faith
negotiations, the Parties fail to execute such exclusive license agreement within ***
year after the Collaboration Term, Palatin will be free to license such results to any
Person on terms no less advantageous to Palatin than those last offered to AstraZeneca. |
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For the avoidance of doubt, during the Term of this Agreement Palatin covenants
that it and its Affiliates shall not (a) subject to the retained right pursuant
to Section 7.5 for Palatin to carry out its obligations under the Research
Collaboration, conduct any research or activity that is aimed at or has as its
goal or intent discovering, identifying, Exploiting or otherwise commercialising
Licensed Products for use in the Licensed Field or (b) grant any license or
other rights to any Person, other than AstraZeneca and its Affiliates hereunder,
to utilise any intellectual property Controlled by Palatin or its Affiliates for
the purpose of discovering, identifying, Exploiting or otherwise commercialising
Licensed Products for use in the Licensed Field. |
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The Parties acknowledge that all restrictions contained in this Section 3.7 are
reasonable, valid and necessary for the adequate protection of the Licensed
Product business and that AstraZeneca would not have entered in this Agreement
without the protection afforded it by this Section 3.7. |
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Selection of Candidate Drug. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties
acknowledge and agree that AstraZeneca shall have the right in its sole
discretion at any time during or after the Collaboration Term, irrespective of
whether any compound has already been selected for further optimisation or as a
CD and whether or not any such compound or CD has failed in research, clinical
development or on the market, to select any Agreement Compound for optimisation
or clinical development. AstraZeneca shall without delay notify the CMC of any
such selections or, if such selections are made after the Collaboration Term,
AstraZeneca shall similarly notify Palatin. |
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Management
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Collaboration
Management Committees. |
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Responsibilities
of the CMC. The Parties shall establish a Collaboration Management Committee
consisting of Palatin and AstraZeneca representatives to oversee the initiation,
planning and performance of the activities under the Research Collaboration. In
particular, the responsibilities of the CMC shall include: (a) establishing
reporting criteria and mechanisms for making Collaboration Results and other
materials available to the other Party; (b) establishing prioritisation criteria
for specific components under the Research Collaboration, including setting
proposed dates for experimental initiation and completion of each stage of the
Research Collaboration; (c) determining within *** of the completion of each
stage of the Research Collaboration whether the completion thereof has been
successful and deciding whether or not to continue the Research Collaboration
into the next stage (i.e., making “stop/go decisions”); (d) monitoring
workflow, including experimental sample transfer, sample analysis and data
quality control, data analysis and summarisation, software installation (access),
training and maintenance; (e) monitoring of sample throughput, and overall
Research Collaboration progress; (f) to the extent permitted by the Research
Plan, assigning tasks and responsibilities taking into account each Party’s
respective specific capabilities and expertise in order to avoid duplication and
enhance efficiency and synergies; (g) monitoring timely execution of the Research
Collaboration, including compliance with timelines; (h) deciding whether or not
to provide Third Parties with any material and (i) reviewing and approving any
amendments to the Research Plan, which to the extent they place additional
financial responsibilities on Palatin shall require the express written consent
of Palatin. |
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Research
Plan. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the Research Plan attached
hereto as of the Effective Date set forth the goals and objectives of the
Research Collaboration and the broad terms of the Parties’ respective
undertakings to achieve those goals and objectives and (b) the funding of FTEs
provided for under Section 9.1 and contracted items and costs identified in the
Research Plan represent AstraZeneca’s total financial obligation for all
services to be rendered and expenses to be incurred by or on behalf of Palatin as
necessary to achieve the goals and objectives of the Research Collaboration. The
Parties further acknowledge and agree that the Research Plan will be amended by
the CMC from time to time during the Collaboration Term for each stage of the
Research Collaboration to identify and define the specific undertakings of the
Parties required to implement the Research Collaboration. |
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Formation
of CMC. The CMC shall consist of *** with the requisite experience and
seniority to enable them to make decisions on behalf of the Parties with respect
to the Research Collaboration, with equal numbers appointed by the respective
Party, which shall include the Palatin Principal Scientists and the AstraZeneca
Principal Scientists. AstraZeneca shall appoint the chairman of the CMC and
Palatin shall appoint the secretary of the CMC; provided, however that none of
the AstraZeneca Principal Scientists or the Palatin Principal Scientists shall
act as chairman or secretary of the CMC. Each Party shall have the right to
replace its CMC representatives upon written notice to the other Party, provided
that any such substitute representative shall have substantially the equivalent
experience and seniority as the representative that such person replaces. |
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Disputes.
The CMC shall endeavour to reach consensus on all matters brought before it with
each Party having a single vote, irrespective of the number of representatives
actually in attendance at a meeting; provided, however, that in the event the CMC
is unable to resolve an outstanding matter before it, such matter shall be
resolved by the JEC. |
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Meetings.
The CMC shall meet at least quarterly and more frequently when required. Regular
quarterly meetings shall be scheduled on a recurring schedule to be established
by the CMC, or at such other mutually agreeable times no less than three (3)
months in advance, except for the initial meeting of the CMC, which shall be at a
mutually agreeable time and place. Any such regular meeting falling on a holiday
when commercial banks are closed in any of Great Britain, Sweden or the United
States shall be postponed until the next succeeding day when commercial banks are
open for business in all three jurisdictions. The meetings shall be held by means
of teleconference or videoconference or, when held in person, at AstraZeneca AB’s
facilities in Mölndal, Sweden, or at other locations *** mutually agreed
upon by the Parties. Subject to Section 4.1.6, a quorum of the CMC shall exist
whenever there is present at a meeting each of the Palatin Principal Scientists
and the AstraZeneca Principal Scientists. In addition, the CMC may act without a
formal meeting by a written memorandum signed by the chairman and the secretary
of the CMC. Whenever any action by the CMC is required hereunder during a time
period in which the CMC is not scheduled to meet, either of the chairman and the
secretary shall have the right to call a special meeting or the chairman and the
secretary may jointly cause the CMC to take the action without a meeting in the
applicable time period. Any such special meetings shall be held at places and on
dates selected by the chairman and the secretary. |
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Quorum.
Notwithstanding what is stated in Section 4.1.5, the chairman of the CMC may call
for a meeting to be held on a business day when commercial banks are open for
business in Great Britain, Sweden and the United States by notifying Palatin no
later than *** in advance of a meeting of the CMC of the exact date, time and
location for the meeting. Provided that (i) such notice has been timely issued
and that the meeting is held on the date, time and place so indicated, or (ii)
Palatin confirms that it has been properly notified about the meeting, quorum
shall be considered constituted at that meeting unless all members of one Party
fail to attend the meeting because of illness, where no substitution could be
reasonably arranged, breakdown in general communications, travel difficulties
beyond the reasonable control of such Party, or by other similar reasons. For the
purpose of agreeing that Palatin has been properly notified of the meeting in the
case under (ii), attendance to a meeting without express objection thereto shall
be sufficient. |
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Expenses.
Palatin and AstraZeneca each shall bear all expenses of its respective CMC
members related to such members’ participation on the CMC and attendance at
CMC meetings. |
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Minutes.
The CMC shall keep accurate minutes of its deliberations, which minutes shall
record all proposed decisions and all actions recommended or taken, Research
Collaboration progress reports provided to the CMC pursuant to Section 5.1 and
Collaboration Results generated of interest. In particular CDs nominated by
AstraZeneca during the Collaboration Term shall be recorded in the minutes of the
CMC. Drafts of minutes shall be delivered to the chairman and the secretary of
the CMC within *** after the respective meeting. The Parties, on an alternating
basis, shall prepare and circulate the draft minutes. Draft minutes shall be
edited by the chairman and the secretary of the CMC and shall be issued in final
form only with the approval and agreement of the chairman and the secretary of
the CMC, such issuance not subject to final determination by the JEC in the event
of a dispute. |
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Joint
Executive Committee. |
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Formation
of the JEC. The Parties shall establish one Joint Executive Committee (the
“JEC”) to resolve any outstanding matter before the CMC that the CMC is
unable to resolve. The JEC shall consist of four (4) members with equal numbers
appointed by each Party with the requisite experience and seniority to enable
them to resolve any matter brought before them and make any necessary decisions
on behalf of the Parties with respect to any such matter. Furthermore, the JEC
shall include a Co Chair to be designated by each Party. None of the Parties
representatives in the CMC shall be members of the JEC. Each Party shall have the
right to replace its respective JEC representatives upon written notice to the
other Party, provided that any such substitute representative shall have
substantially the equivalent experience and seniority as the representative that
such person replaces. |
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Meetings.
The JEC shall meet within *** from when a matter in dispute is first brought to
the attention of the JEC by the CMC and when otherwise required for the purpose
of the Research Collaboration. The JEC shall meet at least once every Calendar
Year, on a date agreed by the Parties. The meetings shall be held by means of
teleconference or videoconference or, when held in person, at AstraZeneca AB’s
facilities in Mölndal, Sweden, or at other locations *** mutually agreed
upon by the Parties. Subject to what is stated in Section 4.2.3, a quorum of the
JEC shall exist whenever there is present at a meeting each of the Co-Chairs or
their respective designees. The JEC shall endeavour to reach consensus on all
matters brought before it with each Party having a single vote, irrespective of
the number of representatives actually in attendance at a meeting. |
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Quorum.
Notwithstanding what is stated in Section 4.2.2, the Co-Chair of AstraZeneca may
call for a meeting by notifying Palatin no later than thirty (30) days in advance
of a meeting of the JEC of the exact date, time and location for the meeting.
Provided that (i) such notice has been timely issued and that the meeting is held
on the date, time and place so indicated, or (ii) that Palatin confirms that it
has been properly notified about the meeting, quorum shall be considered
constituted at that meeting unless all members of one Party fail to attend the
meeting because of illness, where no substitution could be reasonably arranged,
breakdown in general communications, travel difficulties beyond the reasonable
control of such Party, or by other similar reasons. No meeting shall be called
for a day on which the commercial banks are closed in any of Great Britain,
Sweden or the United States. For the purpose of agreeing that Palatin has been
properly notified of the meeting in the case under (ii), attendance to a meeting
without express objection thereto shall be sufficient. |
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Decision-making.
Any final decision mutually agreed to by the JEC shall be in writing and shall be
conclusive and binding on the Parties. If such resolution regarding the Research
Collaboration is unattainable by the JEC *** from the date the matter in dispute
is first brought to the attention of the JEC, the dispute shall be resolved ***;
provided, however, that, subject to Section 4.1.2, if the matter in dispute would
result in additional expense being incurred ***. |
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Expenses.
Palatin and AstraZeneca each shall bear all expenses of its JEC members related
to such members’ participation on the JEC and attendance at JEC meetings. |
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Minutes.
The JEC shall keep accurate minutes of its deliberations, which minutes shall
record all proposed decisions and all actions recommended or taken. Drafts of
minutes shall be delivered to the Co Chairs of the JEC within *** after the
respective meeting. The Parties, on an alternating basis, shall prepare and
circulate the draft minutes. Draft minutes shall be edited by the Co-Chairs and
shall be issued in final form only with the approval and agreement of the
Co-Chairs. |
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Upon
Expiration or Termination of the Collaboration Term. Upon expiration or
termination of the Collaboration Term the following shall apply: |
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Dissolution
of the CMC and the JEC. The CMC and the JEC shall be dissolved and Palatin
shall provide AstraZeneca with consultation services, including reviewing and
contributing to proposed publications concerning the Agreement Compounds or
Licensed Products, as AstraZeneca may reasonably request for the Development
Project, including by making Palatin’s employees, consultants and other
scientific staff available upon reasonable notice during normal business hours to
consult with AstraZeneca on issues arising during the Development Project, or in
connection with Exploitation of Agreement Compounds, Licensed Products or
Results. AstraZeneca shall reimburse Palatin for out-of-pocket costs incurred in
connection with such consultation services and should the time devoted by Palatin
to such services exceed *** in any Calendar Year, AstraZeneca shall compensate
Palatin for any additional agreed upon ***. Prior to performing services in
excess of the *** allotment, Palatin shall notify AstraZeneca in writing that the
said allotment has been utilised. For purposes of this Section 4.3.1, the daily
FTE rate shall be determined by dividing the FTE Rate by ***. |
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The
Parties shall establish an Information Forum (the “IF”),
consisting of *** with equal numbers appointed by each Party for the purpose of
AstraZeneca gaining from the experience and expertise of Palatin and for keeping
Palatin updated on AstraZeneca’s activities in the Development Project. The
IF shall meet annually on dates mutually agreed by the Parties at a location
suitable to both parties or by teleconference, videoconference or by other
jointly suitable means. Palatin and AstraZeneca each shall bear all expenses of
its IF members related to such members’ participation on the IF and
attendance at IF meetings. |
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Palatin
shall cease any and all use of the Licensed Know How useful in the Licensed
Field, the Collaboration Results, the AstraZeneca Background Technologies, the
AstraZeneca Improvements and any other AstraZeneca Confidential Information. |
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Palatin
shall deliver or return, as applicable, all data, files, records and other
materials in its possession or control containing or comprising all AstraZeneca
Background Technologies, AstraZeneca Improvements and AstraZeneca’s
Confidential Information (except one copy of AstraZeneca’s Confidential
Information which may be retained by Palatin solely for archival purposes). |
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Palatin’s
obligation under Sections 4.3.1 through 4.3.4 shall, in addition to, and without
limiting, what is stated therein, apply to each separate Agreement Compound, when
the Research Collaboration has been completed for such Agreement Compound, in
which situation such obligations shall refer to such individual Agreement
Compound or Licensed Improvement thereon. |
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Transfer
upon Termination of the Collaboration Term. |
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Palatin
shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, without additional compensation, disclose
and make available to AstraZeneca, to the extent not done so already, in whatever
form AstraZeneca may reasonably request, Regulatory Documentation, copies of
Licensed Know-How, Collaboration Results and any other Information claimed or
covered by any Collaboration Patent or Licensed Patent or otherwise relating,
directly or indirectly, to any Agreement Compound, Licensed Product or Licensed
Improvement, and thereafter and throughout the term of the Agreement immediately
upon the earlier of the development, making, conception or reduction to practice of
each such Regulatory Documentation, Licensed Know-How or other Information. |
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Palatin’s
obligation under Section 4.4.1 and under Section 4.4.4 shall, in addition to, and
without limiting what is stated therein, apply to each separate Agreement Compound
in which situation such obligations shall refer to such Regulatory Documentation,
Licensed Know-How, Collaboration Results and Information relating directly or
indirectly to that particular Agreement Compound or Licensed Improvement thereon. |
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Palatin
warrants that it will perform a reasonably diligent search for Licensed Know-How and
Regulatory Documentation relevant to the safety, efficacy and Exploitation of
Agreement Compounds and Licensed Products in existence as of the termination or
expiration of the Collaboration Term and that all such located Licensed Know-How and
Regulatory Documentation will be disclosed to AstraZeneca upon termination or
expiration of the Collaboration Term. |
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Palatin,
***, will provide AstraZeneca with all reasonable assistance required in order to
transfer the Licensed Know-How to AstraZeneca in a timely manner following
termination or expiration of the Collaboration Term. Without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, if visits of Palatin’s representatives to
AstraZeneca’s facilities are reasonably requested by AstraZeneca for purposes
of transferring the Licensed Know-How to AstraZeneca or for purposes of AstraZeneca
acquiring expertise on the practical application of the Licensed Know-How or
assisting on issues arising during such Exploitation, Palatin will send appropriate
representatives to AstraZeneca’s facilities, provided that AstraZeneca shall
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5.1. |
Research Collaboration Progress Reports. No later than *** prior to each
quarterly meeting of the CMC, each Party shall provide the CMC with a detailed
written progress report containing specifications and other information on all
Collaboration Results generated and not previously reported to the CMC. The CMC
may provide further instructions on the timing and content of these reports. |
5.2. |
Copyrights. Copyrights to reports provided for hereunder are part of the
Results. Neither Party shall, without the prior written approval of the other
Party, attribute to the other Party any abstract or interpretation of any such
report for sales or promotion purposes. |
6.1. |
Diligence Obligations. |
6.1.1. |
AstraZeneca undertakes to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts at its own cost
and expense to develop a Licensed Product and to conduct all development
necessary to obtain Health Registration Approvals for a Licensed Product for use
in humans in each country listed in the definition of the Major Markets and
throughout the Territory. |
6.1.2. |
AstraZeneca undertakes to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to commercialise a
Licensed Product for use in humans in each of the Major Markets and throughout
the Territory; provided, however, that such obligations are expressly
conditioned upon Palatin and its Affiliates performing their respective
obligations hereunder, including the completion of the activities under the
Research Collaboration and the information disclosure requirements pursuant to
Section 3.4, and such obligations of AstraZeneca shall be delayed or suspended
to the extent any such condition causes a delay; and provided further, for the
avoidance of doubt, that AstraZeneca shall not be obligated to obtain Health
Registration Approval for, or commercialise, more than one Licensed Product in
any Major Market and throughout the Territory. In the event that AstraZeneca
decides to discontinue the development or commercialisation of a Licensed
Product in favour of another Licensed Product, its obligations under this
Section 6.1.2. shall cease with respect to such initial Licensed Product in
favour of such other Licensed Product. AstraZeneca shall perform its obligation
under this Section 6.1.2 in good scientific manner and in compliance in all
material respects with all Applicable Law. |
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6.1.3. |
Should the use by AstraZeneca of its Commercially Reasonable Efforts have as a
consequence that AstraZeneca would be obligated to carry out some or all of the
activities provided for in Section 6.1.1 or 6.1.2 in a country *** then
AstraZeneca shall, notwithstanding what is stated in Sections 6.1.1 and 6.1.2
and following consultation with Palatin, be allowed to ***. |
6.1.4. |
Upon satisfaction of its obligations under Sections 6.1.1 and 6.1.2, AstraZeneca
shall be deemed to have satisfied all diligence obligations owed to Palatin
hereunder, with respect to the Exploitation of the Agreement Compounds, Licensed
Products or Collaboration Results, and shall have no other obligation, express
or implied, to Exploit the Agreement Compounds, Licensed Products or
Collaboration Results. |
6.2. |
Breach of Diligence Obligations. |
6.2.1. |
Notification and Meeting. If AstraZeneca is in material breach of its
obligations under Section 6.1, then Palatin shall so notify AstraZeneca and the
Parties shall meet within *** after such notice to discuss in good faith
AstraZeneca’s development and commercialisation plans with respect to the
Agreement Compound and Licensed Product. |
6.2.2. |
Right of Termination. If, after such good faith discussions mentioned in
Section 6.2.1, (a) AstraZeneca is in breach of its obligations under Section
6.1, and (b) AstraZeneca does not take reasonable steps designed to rectify such
breach within *** of meeting with Palatin pursuant to Section 6.2.1 (or, if such
failure cannot be rectified within such *** period, if AstraZeneca does not
commence actions to rectify such breach within such period and thereafter
diligently pursues such actions), Palatin may exercise its right of termination
provided under Section 20.5. |
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6.3. |
Reporting. Following termination or expiration of the Research
Collaboration AstraZeneca shall provide Palatin in reasonable connection with
the meetings in the IF with a semi-annual report on the development of Licensed
Products in the Territory (the “Development Report”) in order
to keep Palatin informed of its progress. Such report shall cover, in relation
to Agreement Compounds and Licensed Products, general information on
AstraZeneca’s development activities in the previous ***, a summary of the
activities planned in the next *** and a timetable of planned submissions for
Health Registration Approvals. If and when a Health Registration Approval is
obtained in any country of the Territory, AstraZeneca shall promptly inform
Palatin thereof. |
7. |
Ownership and Grant of Rights |
7.1. |
Ownership of Collaboration Results and Development Results. AstraZeneca
shall exclusively own all Collaboration Results and Development Results, for the
avoidance of doubt including any Collaboration Compounds. Palatin shall promptly
disclose to AstraZeneca in writing the development, making, conception or
reduction to practice of any Collaboration Results and Development Results and
shall, and does hereby, assign, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their
employees and agents, as applicable, to so assign, to AstraZeneca, without
additional compensation, such right, title and interest in and to any such
results. Assignment and transfer of all Collaboration Results and Development
Results shall occur instantly and automatically upon the development, making,
conception or reduction to practice of such results and technologies, as the
case may be, and shall not require any further deeds or documents to be
exchanged between the Parties. |
7.2. |
AstraZeneca Improvements. AstraZeneca shall exclusively own all
AstraZeneca Improvements and AstraZeneca Patents. Palatin shall promptly
disclose to AstraZeneca in writing the development, making, conception or
reduction to practice of any Results that constitute AstraZeneca Improvements,
and shall, and does hereby, assign, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and
their employees and agents, as applicable, to so assign, to AstraZeneca, without
additional compensation, such right, title and interest in and to any such
Results. Assignment and transfer of all such Results shall occur instantly and
automatically upon the development, making, conception or reduction to practice
of such Results, as the case may be, and shall not require any further deeds or
documents to be exchanged between the Parties. |
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7.3. |
Ownership of Collaboration Patents. |
7.3.1. |
For the avoidance of doubt, AstraZeneca shall exclusively own all Collaboration
Patents, provided that, in the sole discretion of AstraZeneca title to any
Collaboration Patents developed, made, conceived, reduced to practice or
otherwise generated through work performed under the Research Collaboration or
in connection with this Agreement by Palatin or by the Parties jointly may be
partially or wholly in Palatin, in which event Palatin shall, and does hereby,
grant to AstraZeneca a perpetual, exclusive (including with regard to Palatin
and its Affiliates), right and license in the Territory, with the right to grant
sublicenses, under Palatin’s right, title and interest in and to the
Collaboration Patents and Collaboration Compounds and Improvements thereto.
Palatin shall, and does hereby, assign, and shall cause its Affiliates and its
and their employees and agents, as applicable, to so assign to AstraZeneca (or
its designee), without additional compensation, such right, title and interest
in and to any such Collaboration Patents. |
7.4. |
Improvements outside the Research Collaboration. |
7.4.1. |
Palatin shall without delay disclose to AstraZeneca any Licensed Improvements
Controlled by Palatin or its Affiliates during any period in which AstraZeneca
owes royalties to Palatin pursuant to Section 11.1 and provide AstraZeneca with
all relevant Information and materials with respect to such Licensed
Improvements. AstraZeneca shall have the right, at any time, to reject any such
Licensed Improvement on written notice to Palatin, in which event, this
Agreement shall cease to apply to such Licensed Improvement. |
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7.4.2. |
All Licensed Improvements shall automatically be included within the scope of
this Agreement, subject to AstraZeneca’s right to reject any such Licensed
Improvement pursuant to Section 7.4.1. Any Information with respect to such
Licensed Improvements that is not covered or claimed by a Patent and *** shall
be considered Licensed Know-How. Any Patents to the extent covering Licensed
Improvements shall be considered Licensed Patents. |
7.5. |
License Grants by Palatin to AstraZeneca. |
7.5.1. |
Palatin hereby grants to AstraZeneca a perpetual, exclusive (including with
regard to Palatin and its Affiliates), subject to a retained right thereto for
the sole purpose of Palatin carrying out its obligations under the Research
Collaboration, right and license in the Territory, with the right to grant
sublicenses, under Palatin’s right, title and interest in and to the
Compounds, the Licensed Products, the Licensed Patents, the Licensed Know-How
and the Licensed Improvements to use and otherwise Exploit the Compounds, the
Licensed Products, the Licensed Patents, the Licensed Know-How and the Licensed
Improvements for use within the Licensed Field (the “License”). |
7.5.2. |
Prior to initiation of any research or development program outside the Licensed
Field by Palatin ***, will be utilized, Palatin will ***. |
7.5.3. |
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, Palatin may not, directly or through
any Third Party, use or otherwise Exploit any Compound or Licensed Product used
or useful in the Licensed Field, other than in carrying out its obligations
under the Research Collaboration. |
7.6. |
License Grants to Palatin. AstraZeneca hereby grants to Palatin a
non-exclusive right and license, without the right to grant sublicenses, under
AstraZeneca’s rights, titles, and interests in and to the AstraZeneca
Background Technologies, the AstraZeneca Improvements, the AstraZeneca Patents,
the Collaboration Patents and the Collaboration Results that are disclosed or
otherwise provided by AstraZeneca to, or discovered by, Palatin during the
Collaboration Term (a) for the purpose of Palatin performing the Research
Collaboration during the Collaboration Term solely to the extent required for
such purpose, and (b) to use and otherwise Exploit such AstraZeneca Background
Technologies and AstraZeneca Improvements as necessary or useful to exercise
Palatin’s rights under the grant under (a). |
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7.7. |
Sublicenses. AstraZeneca shall have the right to grant licenses or
sublicenses, through multiple tiers of licensees, under the licenses granted, or
under AstraZeneca’s rights pursuant to Section 7.3, to its Affiliates and
to any other Persons in the Territory or in any country of the Territory. Where
AstraZeneca grants such a license or sublicense to a Person other than to an
Affiliate of AstraZeneca, and such Person is not a Distributor, such Person
shall be a “Sublicensee” for purposes of this Agreement. AstraZeneca
shall ensure that all Persons to which it grants licenses or sublicenses will
comply with all terms and conditions of this Agreement and AstraZeneca shall
remain liable for any breach of this Agreement by a Sublicensee. AstraZeneca
shall provide notice of the granting of any license or sublicense hereunder
promptly following the making of such grant. Such notice shall identify the
Sublicensee, the territory of the license or sublicense and a copy of those
provisions of the license or sublicense that relate to performance of this
Agreement. |
7.8. |
Distributorships. AstraZeneca shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to appoint its Affiliates, and AstraZeneca and its Affiliates shall
have the right, in their sole discretion, to appoint any other Persons, in the
Territory or in any country of the Territory, to distribute, market and sell the
Licensed Products (with or without packaging rights), in circumstances where the
Person purchases its requirements of Licensed Products from AstraZeneca or its
Affiliates but does not otherwise make any royalty or other payment to
AstraZeneca with respect to its IP Protection Rights. Where AstraZeneca or its
Affiliates appoints such a Person that is not an Affiliate of AstraZeneca, that
Person shall be a “Distributor” for purposes of this Agreement. The
term “packaging rights” in this Section 7.8 shall mean the right for
the Distributor to package Licensed Products supplied in unpackaged bulk form
into individual ready-for-sale packs. |
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Co-Promotion Rights. For the avoidance of doubt, AstraZeneca and its
Affiliates shall have the right, in their sole discretion, to co-promote the
Licensed Products with any other Person, or to appoint one or more Third Parties
to promote the Licensed Products without AstraZeneca carrying out any promotion
in all or any part of the Territory. |
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7.10. |
Covenant Not to Xxx. Neither Palatin nor any of its Affiliates shall
ever, anywhere in the world, institute or prosecute (or in any way aid any Third
Party in instituting or prosecuting), at law or in equity, any claim, demand,
action or cause of action for damages, costs, expenses or compensation, or for
an enjoinment, injunction, or any other equitable remedy, against AstraZeneca,
its Affiliates, Sublicensees, suppliers, Distributors, vendors or customers
alleging the infringement by AstraZeneca in its Exploitation of the Compounds,
the Licensed Patents, the Licensed Know-How, the Licensed Improvements, the
Collaboration Compounds, the Collaboration Patents or the Licensed Products or
of any Patent that claims an invention that is based on, derived from or
otherwise relates to the Results and is Controlled by Palatin or its Affiliates,
so long as such Exploitation is in accordance with this Agreement. In
Palatin’s or its Affiliates’ agreements with any licensees, assignees
or transferees of such Patent, Palatin or its Affiliate, as applicable, shall
***. Palatin and its Affiliates will take all reasonable action (including
signing required documents) and offer full cooperation to allow AstraZeneca to
***, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. |
7.11. |
No Conflicts. Within the scope of the Research Collaboration, and to the
extent Applicable Law permits Palatin to conduct research and development
activities with respect to Agreement Compounds or Licensed Products
notwithstanding the exclusive license grants to AstraZeneca under Section 7.5,
Palatin agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates will publish or present any
material or file any Patent applications with respect to such activities without
the consent of AstraZeneca. |
7.12. |
Exclusivity Term. AstraZeneca’s exclusive position granted by
Section 7.5 shall expire with respect to each separate Licensed Product, on a
country-by-country basis, on the date when AstraZeneca’s obligation to pay
royalties with respect to such Licensed Product pursuant to this Agreement
expires. Upon expiration of the royalty term set forth in Section 11.7 with
respect to a Licensed Product in a country, AstraZeneca’s license with
respect to such Licensed Product in such country shall become non-exclusive,
fully paid-up, perpetual and irrevocable and the Net Sales of such Licensed
Product in such country shall be excluded from the royalty calculations in
Section 11.1 (including the thresholds and ceilings) or 11.4, as applicable.
AstraZeneca and its Affiliates and Sublicensees following such expiration shall
be allowed to continue Exploiting such Licensed Product and using all Licensed
Know How, Licensed Patents in the Licensed Field, Licensed Improvements and
Collaboration Results in connection therewith on a non-exclusive basis in such
country with no further consideration to Palatin. |
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7.13. |
Collaboration Materials. The Parties agree that: (a) all Collaboration
Materials provided by one Party to the other (including compounds) shall be used
by the receiving Party (i) solely for the activities under the Research
Collaboration as provided in the Research Plan, or (ii) in the case of
AstraZeneca as the receiving Party, in the Exploitation of the Agreement
Compounds and Licensed Products, and (iii) in either case, in material
compliance with all Applicable Law; (b) subject to what is stated in Article 18,
all such Collaboration Materials shall be provided without any warranties,
express or implied; (c) the Party providing such Collaboration Materials shall
obtain (or cause its Third Party collaborators to obtain or certify that they
have obtained) all appropriate and required consents from the source of such
Collaboration Materials; (d) Collaboration Materials provided by one Party to
the other Party shall not be made available by such other Party to any Third
Party except as expressly provided in the Research Plan or as necessary or
useful for the Exploitation of the Agreement Compounds or Licensed Products by
AstraZeneca, unless the prior written consent of the Party providing such
Collaboration Materials is first obtained; and (e) subject to the license grants
and assignments in the other provisions of this Article 7 and other provisions
in this Agreement, as between the Parties, all right, title and interest in and
to the Collaboration Materials shall be, and remain, vested in the Party that
provided such Collaboration Materials. |
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Regulatory Documentation. All INDs and regulatory filings shall be ***.
Furthermore, in the event that in response to the submission of an IND, the
Regulatory Authority poses questions to *** or otherwise requires additional
data, *** shall cooperate to meet and confer as required to formulate an action
plan in response to such request. *** may from time to time during the Term of
this Agreement reasonably request *** to make, at ***, applications for an IND
or other regulatory approvals whether in *** or in *** or any of its *** name
and *** undertakes to comply with any such reasonable request. Without
exception, *** will, as between *** and ***, be the owner of any Regulatory
Documentation relating to any applications for an IND or regulatory approvals
(including IND applications and approvals). *** shall upon the request by ***
promptly transfer any IND and Regulatory Documentation to ***. |
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Confirmatory Patent Licenses |
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shall if requested to do so by AstraZeneca promptly enter into confirmatory license
agreements in the form or substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8 for
purposes of recording the licenses granted under this Agreement with such patent offices
in the Territory as AstraZeneca considers appropriate. Until the execution of any such
confirmatory licenses, so far as may be legally possible, Palatin and AstraZeneca shall
have the same rights and be under the same obligations to each other in all respects as if
the said confirmatory licenses had been executed. |
9.1. |
Funding. Each Party shall assume responsibility for *** for the Research
Collaboration, except that AstraZeneca shall provide ***. |
9.2. |
Invoices. Within *** after the end of each Calendar Quarter, Palatin
shall invoice AstraZeneca for amounts due to Palatin from AstraZeneca pursuant
to Section 9.1 based on the ***, approved by AstraZeneca, for the ensuing
Calendar Quarter. Each invoice shall be sent to AstraZeneca AB, AstraZeneca
R&D Mölndal, Finance / Accounting, XX-000 00 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx with
the attention of *** or such other individual that AstraZeneca may designate by
providing Palatin written notice (provided, however, that the attention of ***
or such other individual designated by AstraZeneca should not be included in the
address section of the invoice) and shall be accompanied by a forecast *** to be
provided by Palatin in the Research Collaboration during such ensuing Calendar
Quarter and a report from *** costs spent in relation to the Research
Collaboration during the immediately preceding Calendar Quarter, if any. No
later than thirty (30) days after the end of each Collaboration Year Palatin
shall send a report relating to the FTEs provided by Palatin and budgeted and
approved Third Party costs paid by Palatin to the Research Collaboration during
such Collaboration Year. Without prejudice to any other remedy available to
AstraZeneca, any amount paid by AstraZeneca for which Palatin has not provided
the corresponding number of FTEs or paid budgeted and approved Third Party Costs
during such Collaboration Year may be deducted by AstraZeneca from subsequent
payments to be made by AstraZeneca to Palatin for FTE funding hereunder and, if
necessary to recover the amount, from milestone payments and royalty payments. |
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invoice shall be payable to Palatin within *** after receipt by ***, or such other
individual designated by AstraZeneca, at AstraZeneca AB, AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal,
Finance / Accounting, XX-000 00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, of a correct invoice with
supporting documentation. Payment shall be made to such bank account as Palatin shall have
notified AstraZeneca in writing. |
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Palatin shall keep or cause to be kept accurate records or books of account in
accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles that, in
reasonable detail, fairly reflect the reimbursable FTEs. Such books and records
shall include attendance records (specifically including name and hours for each
attendee), records of the allocation of FTEs to the Research Collaboration, and
the accomplishment of activities measured against the Research Plan, and shall
be maintained by Palatin for *** following the end of the Calendar Year to which
they pertain or such longer period of time required by Applicable Law. |
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Upon the written request *** shall permit a certified public accountant or a
person possessing similar professional status and associated with an independent
accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Parties to inspect during regular
business hours and no more than once a year and going back *** after receipt of
the respective invoice and report pursuant to Section 9.2, all or any part of
*** necessary to verify such invoices and reports. The accounting firm shall
enter into appropriate obligations with *** to treat all information it receives
during its inspection in confidence. The accounting firm shall disclose to ***
only whether such invoices and reports are correct and details concerning any
discrepancies, but no other information shall be disclosed to ***. The charges
of the accounting firm shall be paid by ***, except that if the FTEs allocated
were less than *** of what was required from Palatin during the period under
review or if otherwise the reimbursable Research Collaboration expenses have
been overstated by more than ***, the charges shall be ***. Any failure by
AstraZeneca to exercise its right under this Section 9.3.2 *** shall constitute
a waiver by AstraZeneca of its right to later object to any invoice submitted by
Palatin under this Agreement during such Calendar Year. |
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Total Obligation. The milestone payments and royalty payments payable by
AstraZeneca to Palatin pursuant to this Article 10 and Article 11, together with
the funding to be provided by AstraZeneca to Palatin pursuant to Article 9,
represent all of AstraZeneca’s financial obligations to Palatin hereunder
and Palatin shall not be entitled to any additional compensation or remuneration
from AstraZeneca under this Agreement. In consideration of the licenses and
other rights granted by Palatin to AstraZeneca herein and subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, AstraZeneca shall make the following payments
to Palatin: |
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Initial Investment Fee. AstraZeneca shall pay to Palatin ten million U.S.
Dollars ($10,000,000) within *** of the Effective Date. |
10.1.2. |
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Development Milestones. Within *** days of achievement of each respective
milestone as described in this Section 10.1.2 for the first Agreement Compound
or Licensed Product, whichever is applicable, to meet such milestone,
AstraZeneca shall, after receipt of an invoice, in each case, make the
corresponding payment to Palatin. |
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Milestones for Licensed Product on Annual Net Sales. At the end of the Calendar
Quarter in which the Annual Net Sales of *** under a Health Registration Approval
exceeds for the first time each respective milestone set forth below, AstraZeneca
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(iii) above, the Annual Net Sales may ***, but no milestone shall be payable more than
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Quarter in which the cumulative Net Sales of a Licensed Product under a Health
Registration Approval exceeds for the first time each respective milestone set
forth below, AstraZeneca shall make the corresponding payment to Palatin, as
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the avoidance of doubt, in order to qualify for a payment under subsections (i) through
(iii) above, the Net Sales shall emanate from any Licensed Product, but no milestone is
payable more than once no matter how many Licensed Products achieve such milestone. |
10.2. |
Milestone Payments. |
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If a milestone payment set forth under Section 10.1.2.1 (A) or (B), i.e. for ***
Agreement Compounds or Licensed Products, has been made or is due by
AstraZeneca, the corresponding milestone payment set forth under Section
10.1.2.2, i.e. for *** Agreement Compounds or Licensed Products, shall be
reduced with the sum already paid or due to be paid for such *** Agreement
Compound or Licensed Product, whichever is applicable. For example and the sake
of clarity, if AstraZeneca has paid *** as a development milestone for ***
Agreement Compounds regarding *** shall be deducted from the development
milestone regarding the *** Agreement Compound and AstraZeneca shall pay ***
under Section 10.1.2.2 A) ii). Further, if a milestone payment set forth under
***, has been made or is due by AstraZeneca, the milestone payments set forth
under Section 10.1.2.2, i.e. for *** Agreement Compounds or Licensed Products,
shall be reduced with the sum already paid or due to be paid for such ***
Agreement Compound or Licensed Product. |
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Each of the payments set forth in Sections 10.1.2 and 10.1.3 shall be made by
AstraZeneca no more than once under this Agreement, collectively amounting to an
aggregate maximum amount of U.S. $300,000,000 for an *** Agreement Compound or
Licensed Product, or, in case the payment under Section 10.1.2.1(A)(ii) becomes
payable, *** less, or U.S.$ 300,000,000 for an *** Agreement Compound or
Licensed Product, irrespective of the number of CDs, Agreement Compounds and
Licensed Compounds that have achieved the milestone events set forth in Section
10.1, or the number of countries or Major Markets in which such milestone events
have been achieved. |
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10.3. |
Diagnostic or Veterinary Products. AstraZeneca shall not be required to
make milestone payments in respect of products that have applications only as
diagnostic tools (with no associated medical therapy or prophylaxis use) or for
veterinary or agricultural use, other than as provided in Section 11.2. |
11. |
Royalty Payments and Other Payment-Related Provisions |
11.1. |
Royalties. AstraZeneca shall pay Palatin, with respect to each Licensed
Product, the following running royalties on the Annual Net Sales of Licensed
Products (provided that calculations for the Combination Products are to be made
in accordance with the formula set out in Section 11.3 and provided further that
calculations for Sublicensee income are to be made in accordance with Section
11.4): |
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***
on the portion of Annual Net Sales not exceeding ***; and |
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11.1.2. |
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***
on the portion of Annual Net Sales ***; and |
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11.1.3. |
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***
on the portion of Annual Net Sales ***; and |
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11.1.4. |
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***
on the portion of Annual Net Sales ***; and |
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11.1.5. |
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***
on the portion of Annual Net Sales ***; and |
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11.1.6. |
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***
on the portion of Annual Net Sales ***. |
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calculation of royalties under this Section 11.1 shall be ***. Thus, if AstraZeneca sells
more than one Licensed Product in the Territory, ***. |
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11.2. |
Diagnostic or Veterinary Products. The royalties in Section 11.1 shall
not apply to Net Sales for diagnostic, veterinary or agricultural use. Further,
Net Sales shall not include Licensed Products that are used (a) in animals or
(b) solely for screening patients who have been diagnosed with a disease, state
or condition for eligibility to be treated for such disease, state or condition
with a Licensed Product or for monitoring patients who are or have been treated
with a Licensed Product. In the event that AstraZeneca develops a Licensed
Product for commercial diagnostic or veterinary or agricultural purposes, the
Parties shall negotiate *** adjustment to such milestones and royalties for the
sale of such Licensed Product that reflects the commercial potential of such
Licensed Product and standard commercial terms in the industry for diagnostic,
veterinary or agricultural products, as applicable. |
11.3. |
Combination Products. With respect to Combination Products, the Net Sales
used for the calculation of the milestones under Sections 10.1.2.1 C) and
10.1.3, and the royalties under this Section 11.1 shall be determined as
follows: |
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x A + B |
Net Sales of the Combination Product, where: |
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*** of the Product, containing the ***, in the given country. |
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*** of the ready-for-sale form of a product containing the ***, in
the given country. |
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In
the event, however, that if, in a specific country, (a) the other therapeutically active
ingredient(s) in such Combination Product are not sold separately in such country, Net
Sales shall be adjusted by multiplying *** of such Combination Product by the fraction
A/C, where C is the ***, and (b) if a Product containing such Agreement Compound(s) is not
sold separately, Net Sales shall be calculated by multiplying actual Net Sales of such
Combination Product by the fraction C-B/C, where B is the *** and C is the ***. The
standard sales price for the Product containing such Agreement Compound(s) and for each
other active ingredient shall be for a quantity comparable to that used in such
Combination Product and of the same class, purity and potency. If, in a specific country,
both a Product containing the Agreement Compound(s) and a product containing the other
active ingredients in such Combination Product are not sold separately, *** shall be
negotiated by the Parties in good faith based upon the costs, overhead and profit as are
then incurred for such Combination Product and all products then being *** and having an
*** to such Product or such other active ingredients, as applicable. If, in a specific
country, the foregoing calculations do not fairly represent the *** included in a
Combination Product, the allocation of Net Sales for such Combination Product shall be
negotiated by the Parties in good faith. |
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11.4. |
Sublicensees. In the event that AstraZeneca receives royalties from
Sublicensees with respect to sales of Licensed Product by Sublicensees to Third
Parties for ***, AstraZeneca shall nonetheless pay royalties to Palatin based on
the Net Sales of each such Sublicensee as if such Net Sales were made by
AstraZeneca. For all other countries, such royalty income of AstraZeneca shall
be *** of any upfront payment, license fees or milestone payments or other
similar revenue or payments made to AstraZeneca or its Affiliates in connection
with each sublicense with respect to the Licensed Product for ***, shall be
included in the Net Sales and royalties shall be paid thereon, without regard to
whether any First Commercial Sale of a Licensed Product has yet occurred, and
without triggering the royalty term set forth in Section 11.7, unless, for the
avoidance of doubt, such royalty term would have become triggered anyway
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. |
11.5. |
Reduction of Royalty. |
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In
the event that, in a country in the Territory, generic competition, not
expressly authorized by AstraZeneca, with respect to a Licensed Product occurs
by products having the same active compound as the Agreement Compound included
in such Licensed Product (each such product, a “Competing
Product”), then for the purposes of calculating the royalties of such
Licensed Product under Section 11.1, *** of the Net Sales in such country shall
be disregarded, to the extent that the market share, in volume, of the
Competing Product exceeds *** in such country. |
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Should
the situation contemplated in Section 11.5.1 (a) occur in a country following
the expiration of the period stated in Section 11.7.1 (a) or 11.7.2 (a), as
applicable, for such country then for the purposes of calculating the royalties
of such Licensed Product under Section 11.1 *** of the Net Sales in such
country shall be disregarded. |
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(c) |
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The
calculation of the royalty reduction under this Section 11.5.1 shall be
conducted separately for each Licensed Product where each separate Licensed
Product is deemed to be all Licensed Products based on the same new chemical
entity. |
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(d) |
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If
the number of units sold of a Competing Product represents ***, of the
aggregate number of units sold in a Calendar Year of all products within the
same ATC class as the Licensed Product concerned, including Licensed Products,
in a country in the Territory as reported by IMS or any comparable reporting
agency, then AstraZeneca shall have the right to withdraw the relevant Licensed
Product from sale in the country, but such withdrawal shall not constitute a
termination of AstraZeneca’s rights to such Licensed Products in that
country. |
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11.5.2. |
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Compulsory
Licenses. In the event that a court or a governmental agency of competent
jurisdiction requires AstraZeneca or an Affiliate of AstraZeneca or a
Sublicensee to grant a compulsory license to a Third Party permitting such
Third Party to make and sell the Licensed Product in a country in the
Territory, then for the purposes of calculating the royalties of such Licensed
Product under Section 11.1, any product permitted under such license shall be
*** and Palatin shall receive royalties on any royalty income from such
compulsory license as provided in Section 11.4. |
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11.5.3. |
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No
Valid Claim. In the event that, and in such case from and after the date on
which, a Licensed Product is Exploited in a country and is not covered by a Valid
Claim in such country, then for the purposes of calculating the royalties of such
Licensed Product under Section 11.1, *** of the Net Sales in such country shall be
disregarded; provided, however, that no Net Sales will be disregarded under this
Section 11.5.3 for any Licensed Product in a country for which *** of the Net Sales
are disregarded pursuant to Section 11.5.1 (a). The calculation of the royalty ***
under this Section 11.5.3 shall be conducted separately for each Licensed Product. |
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11.5.4. |
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Order
of Royalty Reduction and Maximum Reduction. Any reductions set forth in
this Section 11.5 and in Section 11.6 shall be applied to the royalty rate
payable to Palatin under Section 11.1 in the order in which the event
triggering such reduction occurs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the maximum aggregate reduction in royalties and Net Sales in any
Calendar Quarter shall not result *** of the royalty otherwise payable absent
such reductions; provided, however and for the avoidance of doubt, that this
restriction shall be applied on the aggregate royalties and Net Sales in any
Calendar Quarter and not on a country by country basis. |
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11.6.1. |
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For
Licensed Products sold by AstraZeneca or its Affiliates to Third Parties
(including Distributors), where the sum of royalty payments owed by AstraZeneca
and its Affiliates to Palatin and any Third Parties exceeds *** of Net Sales
for a given Licensed Product, the royalty rate payable to Palatin shall be ***
such that the aggregate royalty rate payable on such Licensed Product, were all
Third Party royalties similarly ***, does not exceed *** of Net Sales thereof. |
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11.6.2. |
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In
the case of a Licensed Product developed or commercialised by a Sublicensee of
AstraZeneca, where the payment of royalties by AstraZeneca to Palatin is based
upon “Net Sales” of the Sublicensee, the royalty *** set forth in
Section 11.5 and Section 11.6.1, to the extent applicable, will apply. |
11.7. |
Royalty Term. AstraZeneca’s obligation to pay royalties on each
Licensed Product shall commence, on a country-by-country basis, with respect to
each separate Licensed Product, on the date of First Commercial Sale of such
Licensed Product in such country. The obligation shall expire, on a
country-by-country basis, with respect to each separate Licensed Product: |
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11.7.1. |
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in
the case of ***, on the later to occur of (a) the *** of the First Commercial
Sale of the Licensed Product concerned *** and (b) the expiration date in such
country of the *** to expire of any issued Licensed Patent or Collaboration
Patent that includes at least one Valid Claim covering the sale of such
separate Licensed Product in such country; or |
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11.7.2. |
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in
the case of ***, on the later to occur of (a) the *** of the First Commercial
Sale of the Licensed Product concerned in such country and (b) the expiration
date in such country of the *** to expire of any issued Licensed Patent or
Collaboration Patent that includes at least one Valid Claim covering the sale
of such separate Licensed Product in such country. |
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11.8. |
Sales Subject to Royalties. Sales between AstraZeneca, its Affiliates and
Sublicensees shall not be subject to royalties hereunder. Royalties shall be
calculated on AstraZeneca’s, its Affiliates’ and Sublicensees’
sale of the Licensed Products to a Third Party (including Distributors). Royalty
shall be payable only once for a given Licensed Product. For purposes of
determining Net Sales, the Licensed Product shall be deemed to be sold when ***
and a “sale” shall not include, and no royalties shall be payable on,
transfers by AstraZeneca, its Affiliates or Sublicensees of free samples of
Licensed Products or *** containing Agreement Compounds or other transfers or
dispositions for *** where AstraZeneca receives no compensation or identifiable
benefit therefrom. |
11.9. |
Royalty Payments. The royalties shall be calculated quarterly as of the
last day of March, June, September and December respectively, for the Calendar
Quarter ending on that date. AstraZeneca shall pay the royalties in conjunction
with the delivery of a written report to Palatin within *** days after the end
of each Calendar Quarter that shows, with respect to each country and each
Product, the sales volume and Net Sales during such Calendar Quarter.
Preliminary reports of Net Sales for each calendar month shall be forwarded to
Palatin within *** days of the end of each calendar month. |
11.10. |
Currency. All payments required under this Agreement shall be made in
U.S. Dollars. For the purpose of computing the Net Sales of Products sold in a
currency other than U.S. Dollars, such currency shall be converted from local
currency to U.S. Dollars by AstraZeneca in accordance with the rates of exchange
for the relevant month for converting such other currency into U.S. Dollars used
by AstraZeneca’s internal accounting systems, which are independently
audited on an annual basis. |
11.11. |
Records Retention; Audit. |
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11.11.1. |
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Until
the *** of the Calendar Year in which a Licensed Product is sold, AstraZeneca
shall keep or cause to be kept accurate records or books of account in
accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles showing the
information that is necessary for the accurate determination of the royalties
due hereunder with respect to the sale of such Licensed Product. |
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Upon
the written request of Palatin, AstraZeneca shall permit a certified public
accountant or a person possessing similar professional status and associated
with an independent accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Parties to
inspect during regular business hours and no more than *** and going back no
more than *** preceding the current year, all or any part of AstraZeneca’s
records and books necessary to check the accuracy of the royalties paid. The
accounting firm shall enter into appropriate obligations with AstraZeneca to
treat all information it receives during its inspection in confidence. The
accounting firm shall disclose *** only whether the royalty reports are correct
and details concerning any discrepancies, but no other information shall be
disclosed to ***. *** shall pay the charges of the accounting firm, except that
if the royalties have been understated by ***, the charges shall be paid by
***. Any failure by Palatin to exercise its right under this Section 11.11.2
with respect to a Calendar Year within the time period allotted therefore shall
constitute a waiver by Palatin of its right to later object to any payments
made by AstraZeneca under this Agreement during such Calendar Year. |
11.12. |
Mode of Payment. All payments set forth in Articles 10 and 11 shall be
remitted by wire transfer to the following bank account of Palatin or such other
account as Palatin may designate in writing, pursuant to Article 26, to
AstraZeneca:
Palatin Technologies Inc.
*** |
12.1. |
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General. The royalties, milestones and other amounts payable by
AstraZeneca to Palatin pursuant to this Agreement (“Payments”) shall
not be reduced on account of any taxes unless required by Applicable Law.
Palatin, when receiving such Payments, shall pay any and all taxes required by
Applicable Law that are levied on account of such Payments. If Applicable Laws
require that taxes be withheld, AstraZeneca will (a) deduct those taxes from the
remittable Payment, (b) pay the taxes to the proper taxing authority, and (c)
send evidence of the obligation together with proof of payment to Palatin within
sixty (60) days following that payment. |
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12.2. |
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Indirect Taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 12.1, this
Section 12.2 shall apply with respect to Indirect Taxes. Each of the Parties
shall be responsible for the payment of Indirect Taxes assessed against it by
law. |
12.3. |
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Imports. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties acknowledge and agree
that none of the milestones or royalties payable under this Agreement are
related to the license (or right) to import or any import of Licensed Products.
The receiving Party shall be responsible for any import clearance, including
payment of any import duties and similar charges, in connection with any
Licensed Products transferred to such Party under this Agreement. The Parties
shall co-operate in accordance with Applicable Law to ensure where permissible
no duties are paid on imported clinical products. Where duties are payable, the
Parties shall co-operate to ensure that the Party responsible for shipping
values the clinical product in accordance with Applicable Laws and minimises
where permissible any such duties and related import taxes that are not
reclaimable from the relevant authorities. |
13. |
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Confidentiality
and Non-Disclosure |
13.1. |
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General Obligations. |
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13.1.1. |
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In
this Agreement, “Confidential Information” shall, subject to
Section 13.3, mean any and all data, results, know-how (including the
Licensed Know How), plans, business information and other Information,
whether oral or in writing or in any other form, disclosed before, on or
after the Effective Date by one Party to the other Party, including the
terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the AstraZeneca
Background Technologies and AstraZeneca Improvements shall be deemed to
constitute Confidential Information proprietary to AstraZeneca. At all
times during the term of this Agreement and for a period of *** following |
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termination
or expiration hereof, each Party (the “Receiving Party”) shall, and
shall cause its officers, directors, employees, agents, Affiliates and
Sublicensees to, keep confidential and not publish or otherwise disclose
and not use, directly or indirectly, for any purpose, any Confidential
Information provided to it by the other Party (the “Disclosing
Party”), except to the extent such disclosure or use is expressly
permitted by the terms of this Agreement or is reasonably necessary for
the performance of this Agreement. |
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13.1.2. |
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Palatin
recognises that by reason of AstraZeneca’s status as an exclusive
licensee or owner pursuant to the grants and assignments under Article 7,
AstraZeneca has an interest in Palatin’s retention in confidence of
certain information of Palatin. Accordingly, until the expiration of
AstraZeneca’s exclusive position with respect to a Licensed Product
or a Licensed Improvement under Section 7.12, Palatin shall, and shall
cause its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees
and agents to, keep completely confidential, and not publish or otherwise
disclose, and not use directly or indirectly for any purpose that would
cause such publication or disclosure, any information relating to (a) such
Licensed Product or a Licensed Improvement, including the Agreement
Compounds included therein, the Results and any Regulatory Documentation,
including the Health Registration Approvals with respect thereto, or (b)
the Exploitation of such Licensed Product or Licensed Improvement,
including development, sales or marketing plans therefore (the “AstraZeneca
Information”); except to the extent (i) the AstraZeneca
Information is in the public domain through no fault of Palatin, its
Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees and
agents, (ii) such disclosure or use would be permitted under Section 13.2,
or (iii) such disclosure or use is otherwise expressly permitted by the
terms of this Agreement or is reasonably necessary for the performance of
this Agreement. For clarification, the disclosure by Palatin to
AstraZeneca or by AstraZeneca to Palatin of AstraZeneca Information shall
not cause such information to cease to be subject to the confidentiality
provisions of this Section 13.1. |
13.2. |
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Permitted Disclosures. Each Party may disclose Confidential Information
to the extent that such disclosure is: |
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13.2.1. |
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made
in response to a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or other
competent authority; provided, however, that the Receiving Party shall first
have given notice to the Disclosing Party and given the Disclosing Party a
reasonable opportunity to quash any such order or obtain a protective order
requiring that the Confidential Information and documents that are the subject
of such order be held in confidence by such court or authority or, if disclosed,
be used only for the purpose for which the order was issued; and provided
further that if such order is not quashed or a protective order is not obtained,
the Confidential Information disclosed in response to such court or governmental
order shall be limited to that information that is legally required to be
disclosed in response to such court or governmental order; |
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13.2.2. |
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made
by AstraZeneca or its Affiliates, Distributors or Sublicensees to a Health
Authority as may be necessary or useful in connection with any filing,
application or request for a Health Registration Approval; provided, however,
that reasonable measures shall be taken to assure confidential treatment of such
information, to the extent such protection is available; |
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13.2.3. |
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made
by the Receiving Party to a patent authority as may be necessary or useful
for purposes of obtaining or enforcing a Patent (consistent with the terms
and conditions of Article 15); provided, however, that reasonable measures
shall be taken to assure confidential treatment of such information, to
the extent such protection is available; or |
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otherwise
required by law, provided, however, that the Receiving Party shall (a) provide
the Disclosing Party with reasonable advance notice of and an opportunity to
comment on any such required disclosure, (b) if requested by the Disclosing
Party, seek confidential treatment with respect to any such disclosure to the
extent available, and (c) use good faith efforts to incorporate the comments of
the Disclosing Party in any such disclosure or request for confidential
treatment; or |
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13.2.5. |
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made
by AstraZeneca or its Affiliates, Distributors or Sublicensees to Third
Parties as may be reasonably necessary in connection with the Exploitation
of the Agreement Compounds or Licensed Products as contemplated by this
Agreement, including subcontracting or sublicensing transactions in
connection therewith. |
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that either Party is required by Applicable Law or the
requirements of a national securities exchange or another similar regulatory body to
disclose this Agreement, in whole or in part, the Parties shall reasonably agree on a
redacted version of this Agreement as necessary to protect the Confidential Information of
the Parties prior to making such disclosure. The Parties shall not withhold, delay or
condition its agreement in any unreasonable manner. |
13.3. |
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Exclusions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall
not include any information that: |
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13.3.1. |
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is
or hereafter becomes part of the public domain by public use, publication,
general knowledge or the like through no wrongful act, fault or negligence
on the part of the Receiving Party; |
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can
be demonstrated by documentation or other competent proof to have been in
the Receiving Party’s or its Affiliates’ possession prior to
disclosure by the Disclosing Party; |
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13.3.3. |
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is
subsequently received by the Receiving Party or its Affiliates from a Third
Party or Sublicensee who is not bound by any obligation of confidentiality
with respect to the said information; |
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13.3.4. |
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is
generally made available to Third Parties by the Disclosing Party without
restriction on disclosure; or |
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13.3.5. |
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is
independently developed by or for the Receiving Party or its Affiliates
without reference to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information. |
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Specific
aspects or details of Confidential Information shall not be deemed to be within the public
domain or in the possession of the Receiving Party merely because the Confidential
Information is embraced by more general information in the public domain or in the
possession of the Receiving Party. Further, any combination of Confidential Information
shall not be considered in the public domain or in the possession of the Receiving Party
merely because individual elements of such Confidential Information are in the public
domain or in the possession of the Receiving Party unless the combination and its
principles are in the public domain or in the possession of the Receiving Party. |
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Publications and Presentations. The Parties acknowledge that scientific
publications must be strictly monitored to prevent any adverse effect from
premature publication of Results. Accordingly, Palatin shall not publish,
present or otherwise disclose any material related to the Research Collaboration
or the Results or the Exploitation of the Agreement Compounds or the Licensed
Products or Improvements without the prior written consent of AstraZeneca. |
13.5. |
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Use of Name/Publicity |
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13.5.1. |
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Neither
Party shall mention or otherwise use the name, insignia, symbol,
trademark, trade name or logotype of the other Party or its Affiliates in
any publication, press release, promotional material or other form of
publicity without the prior written consent of the other Party (which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except for those
disclosures for which consent has previously been obtained. The
restrictions imposed by this Section 13.5.1 shall not prohibit either
Party from making any disclosure identifying the other Party that is
required by Applicable Law or the requirements of a national securities
exchange or another similar regulatory body, provided that any such
disclosure shall be governed by this Article 13. Further, the restrictions
imposed on each Party under this Section 13.5 are not intended, and shall
not be construed, to prohibit a Party from identifying the other Party in
its internal business communications, provided that any Confidential
Information in such communications remains subject to this Article 13. |
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13.5.2. |
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, AstraZeneca and its Affiliates and Sublicensees shall have
the right to use the name of Palatin and its Affiliates to the extent
necessary or useful in connection with the Exploitation of the Agreement
Compounds, Licensed Products and Licensed Improvements as contemplated by
this Agreement, including subcontracting and sublicensing transactions in
connection therewith. |
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Press Release. The Parties have agreed upon the content of a press
release which shall be issued substantially in the form attached hereto as
Schedule 13.6, the release of which the Parties will coordinate in order to
accomplish the same promptly upon execution and delivery of this Agreement.
Except to the extent already disclosed in a press release or other public
communication, no public announcement concerning this Agreement, its subject
matter or the transactions described herein shall be made, either directly or
indirectly, by Palatin or AstraZeneca or their respective Affiliates, except as
may be legally required by applicable laws, regulations, judicial order, or
required by stock exchange or quotation system rule without first obtaining the
approval of the other Party and agreement upon the nature, text and timing of
such announcement, which approval and agreement shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. The Party desiring to make any such voluntary public
announcement shall provide the other Party with a written copy of the proposed
announcement in reasonably sufficient time prior to public release to allow such
other Party to comment upon such announcement, prior to public release. In the
case of press releases or other public communications legally required, or
required by stock exchange or quotation system rule, to be made, the Party
making such press release or public announcement shall provide to the other
Party a copy of the proposed press release or public announcement in written or
electronic form upon such advance notice as is practicable under the
circumstances for the purpose of allowing the notified Party to review and
comment upon such press release or public announcement. Under such
circumstances, the releasing Party shall not be obligated to delay making any
such press release or public communication beyond the time when the same is
required to be made in order to facilitate review and comment by the receiving
Party. |
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AstraZeneca shall have the sole right to select Trademarks for the marketing and
sale of the Licensed Products in the Territory. AstraZeneca shall own such
Trademarks and all rights and goodwill with respect thereto. Palatin shall not,
and shall cause its Affiliates not to use any trademark that is the same as or
confusingly similar to, misleading or deceptive with respect to or that dilutes
the Trademarks. |
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Patent
Prosecution and Defence |
15.1. |
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Prosecution of the Licensed Patents. Subject to Section 15.2, ***, using
legal counsel at its sole discretion, diligently file, prosecute (including any
interferences, reissue proceedings and re-examinations) and maintain the
Licensed Patents in the Territory, all such filing, prosecution and maintaining
within *** reasonable discretion, and *** shall bear all costs and expenses of
such activities, including fees and expenses paid to outside legal counsel and
experts, direct costs of in-house counsel and filing, prosecution and
maintenance expenses associated therewith. Without prejudice to the foregoing,
*** shall (a) file and prosecute Patent applications to secure Patent rights for
the Licensed Patents and such other patentable Licensed Know-How as *** may from
time to time reasonably designate in writing, in each case in the United States
and all other PCT member countries and in such non-PCT member countries as ***
may from time to time reasonably designate in writing; provided, however that,
in each such case, such *** reasonable designation shall not be decisive, and
*** shall not have the obligation to file or prosecute such *** designated
Patent application, if *** has a reasonable belief that the filing or
prosecution of such Patent application mentioned in this sub-clause (a) might
adversely impact on *** patent strategies regarding the Agreement Compounds or
the Licensed Products or on the utilisation of the Agreement Compounds, the
Licensed Products or the Licensed Patents hereunder, including the filing or
prosecution of a claim which conflicts with or would otherwise undermine or
erode a claim under the Licensed Patents in the Licensed Field, or would
otherwise in *** reasonable judgement have a negative commercial impact on the
Licensed Patents in the Licensed Field; and (b) upon issuance, maintain such
Patents described under (a) in full force in such countries. |
15.2. |
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Cooperation
regarding the Licensed Patents. *** shall consult with *** as to the
strategy and prosecution of Patent applications and the maintenance or
extension of the Licensed Patents, and in the case where a Licensed Patent
covers two or more Candidate Drugs, *** may, at its sole discretion, apply
for coverage of such Candidate Drugs by separate patents in the countries
or territories in which the patent application has been filed (by way of
example; through the use of divisional patent applications). *** shall
cause its patent attorneys/agents to consult with *** (so far as
practicable) on all important issues relating to the filing, prosecution
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re-examinations)
and maintenance of the Licensed Patents. *** shall provide *** with
sufficient opportunity to review and comment on the nature and text of new
or pending applications, amendments, registrations, filing, submissions,
pleadings, responses or correspondence with any patent authorities with
respect to the Licensed Patents and should any comment refer to a matter
that *** in its reasonable judgment considers to be of significant
importance for the filing, registration and prosecution of the Licensed
Patents for use outside of the Licensed Field then *** opinion shall be
***; provided, however that, in each such case, *** opinion shall not be
decisive, and *** shall not be obligated to take the action requested by
***, if *** has a reasonable belief that the requested action might
adversely impact on *** patent strategies regarding the Agreement
Compounds or the Licensed Products or on the utilisation of the Agreement
Compounds, the Licensed Products or the Licensed Patents hereunder,
including the filing or prosecution of a claim which conflicts with or
would otherwise undermine or erode a claim under the Licensed Patents in
the Licensed Field, or would otherwise in *** reasonable judgement have a
negative commercial impact on the Licensed Patents in the Licensed Field.
The Parties will co-operate in gaining patent term extension(s),
restoration(s) or the like that may be available during the Term to the
Licensed Patents in any part of the Territory, for example under a
supplementary protection certificate in European countries. Should in any
country any decision have to be made as to what product or claim or
otherwise to apply for a patent term extension(s), restoration(s) or the
like regarding which decision ***, in its reasonable judgment, considers
to be of significant importance for the maintenance of the protection
which the Licensed Patents are intended to provide in the Licensed Field,
then *** opinion shall be decisive for the action to be taken. *** shall
(a) notify *** as early as reasonably practicable in advance of all
meetings and significant communications with any patent authorities
concerning the Licensed Patents and shall permit *** to participate in
such meetings, (b) promptly prepare and deliver to *** complete and
accurate minutes of any such meeting or communications, and (c) promptly
forward to *** copies of all office actions and material written
communications received from any patent authorities with respect to the
Licensed Patents upon receipt therefrom. |
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Election not to Prosecute the Licensed Patents. If *** elects not (a) to
pursue or continue the filing, prosecution (including any interferences, reissue
proceedings and re-examinations) or maintenance of a Licensed Patent in a
particular country, or (b) to take any other action with respect to a Licensed
Patent in a particular country that is necessary or useful to establish,
preserve or extend rights thereto, including by seeking any Patent term
extension, restoration or the like that may be available now or in the future,
then in each such case *** shall so notify *** in writing not less than two (2)
months before any deadlines by which an action must be taken to establish or
preserve any such rights in such Licensed Patent in such country. Upon receipt
of each such notice by *** or if, at any time, *** fails to initiate any such
action within *** days after a request by *** that it do so (or, if after
initiating any requested action, *** at any time thereafter fails to diligently
pursue such action), *** shall have the right, but not the obligation, through
counsel of its choosing, to pursue the filing or registration, or support the
continued prosecution (including any interferences, reissue proceedings and
re-examinations) or maintenance, of such Licensed Patent at its expense in such
country. If *** elects to pursue such filing or registration, as the case may
be, or continue such support, then *** shall notify *** of such election. |
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Prosecution of the Collaboration Patents. *** shall have the sole right,
but not the obligation, at its sole cost and expense, through counsel of its
choosing, to prepare, file, obtain, prosecute (including any interferences,
reissue proceedings and re-examinations) and maintain all Collaboration Patents
in the Territory. *** shall have the sole right to determine in which countries
to file, obtain, prosecute and maintain the Collaboration Patents. To the extent
that *** is filing, obtaining, prosecuting or maintaining a Collaboration Patent
or otherwise exercising its rights under this Article 15, neither *** nor any of
its employees, agents or representatives shall be liable to *** in respect of
any act, omission, default or neglect on the part of any such employee, agent or
representative in connection with such activities. *** shall regularly confer
with *** regarding strategies and tactics for the conduct of the foregoing
activities. *** shall give due regard to *** views in the conduct of the
foregoing activities; and in particular to material suggestions, which may be
reasonably implemented provided that such suggestions are consistent with ***
direction and strategy in filing, prosecuting or maintaining the Collaboration
Patents or the Licensed Patents. |
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Cooperation regarding the Collaboration Patents. *** shall keep ***
advised as to material developments with respect to Collaboration Patents. ***
shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, assist and cooperate with *** in
filing, obtaining, prosecuting and maintaining Collaboration Patents. |
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Additional Patent Protection. At *** request and at its cost and expense,
*** shall seek additional Patent protection for the Compounds in any part of the
Territory, for example, by way of Patent registration, Patent of importation or
revalidation or the like. Any Patents granted pursuant to this Section 15.6
shall be deemed to be Licensed Patents for the purposes of this Agreement. |
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AstraZeneca Background Technologies and AstraZeneca Patents. For the
avoidance of doubt, AstraZeneca shall have the exclusive worldwide right, at its
own expense and sole discretion, to prepare, file, and prosecute in its own name
any Patents or other IP Protection Rights in relation to AstraZeneca Background
Technologies and AstraZeneca Patents. |
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Enforcement
of Patents |
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Rights and Procedures. In the event that either Party supposes that a
Third Party or Sublicensee may be infringing any of the Collaboration Patents,
Licensed Patents or AstraZeneca Patents, such Party shall promptly notify the
other Party in writing, identifying the alleged infringer and the alleged
infringement complained of and furnishing the information upon which such
determination is based. |
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Infringement of the Licensed Patents. |
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***
shall have the sole right, but after notifying ***, through counsel of its
choosing, to take any measures it deems appropriate to stop infringement
of the Licensed Patents for use pursuant to the License, by any Third
Party or Sublicensee in the Territory or to grant to the infringing Third
Party or Sublicensee adequate rights and licenses necessary for continuing
such activities. |
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Notwithstanding
what is stated in Section 16.2.1, if any Licensed Patent is infringed by a
Third Party in any country, *** shall have the right to commence an action
for infringement, the right to enforce any judgment thereon and shall have
full control over the conduct of the litigation, including, subject to what
is stated below in this Section 16.2.2, settlement of it, provided that
*** or a *** may join the proceedings voluntarily, at *** cost and
expense, and shall have the right to be heard and *** shall give due
regard to ***. Notwithstanding the foregoing, *** shall not have the right
to, and shall not permit any of its Sublicensees and shall procure such
Sublicensees not to, enter into any settlement or consent to any claim to
the effect that any claim under, or the patent protection otherwise
offered under, any part of the Licensed Patents outside the Licensed Field
would be materially negatively affected, without the prior written consent
of ***, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. |
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Upon
the reasonable request by ***, *** shall give *** all reasonable
information and assistance, including allowing *** access to *** files and
documents and to *** personnel, including the inventors, who may have
possession of relevant information and, if necessary for *** to prosecute
any legal action, joining in the legal action as a party at its own cost
and expense. In the event *** fails within *** following notice of an
infringement described in Section 16.1 to take, or notifies *** in writing
of its intent not to take, commercially appropriate steps to remove any
infringement of the Licensed Patents that is likely to have a material
adverse effect on the sale of the Licensed Products or any other product
sold under the Licensed Patents, and *** has not granted the infringing
Third Party or Sublicensee rights and licenses to continue its otherwise
infringing activities, ***, shall have the right to do so at *** cost and
expense; provided, however, that if *** has commenced negotiations with an
alleged infringer for discontinuance of such infringement within such ***
period, *** shall have an *** to conclude its negotiations before ***, may
bring suit for such infringement, provided, however, that ***may
contribute to the proceedings or join such proceedings voluntarily, at its
own cost and expense, and shall have the right to be heard and *** shall,
and shall ***, give due regard to *** views. *** shall not have the right
to, and shall not permit any of its other licensees and shall procure such
licensees not to, enter into any settlement or consent to any claim to the
effect that any claim under, or the patent protection otherwise offered
under, any part of the Licensed Patentswithin the Licensed Field
would be materially negatively affected, without the prior written consent
of ***, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. Upon reasonable
request by *** and at ***, *** shall give *** all reasonable information
and assistance in connection with such suit for infringement. |
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***
shall provide *** with copies of all substantive documents in relation to
the Licensed Patents that *** receives from any patent office, including
notice of all interferences, reissues, re-examinations, oppositions or
requests for patent term extensions sufficiently in time prior to the
deadline for the action to be taken. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, *** shall within *** advise *** of receipt of any notice of
(a) any certification filed under the U.S. “Drug Price Competition and Patent Term
Restoration Act” of 1984 (21 United States Code §355(b)(2)(A)(iv) or
(j)(2)(A)(vii)(IV)) (“ANDA ACT”) claiming that any Licensed Patents are
invalid or unenforceable or claiming that the Licensed Patents will not be infringed by
the Manufacture, use, marketing or sale of a product for which an application under the
ANDA ACT is filed, or (b) any equivalent or similar certification or notice in any other
jurisdiction. The Parties’ rights and obligations with respect to any legal action as
a result of such certification shall be as set forth in this Article 16, provided that
within *** of such notice *** shall notify *** as to whether or not it elects to prosecute
such infringement. |
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Infringement of the Collaboration Patents. *** shall have the sole right,
but after notifying *** (if time permits), through counsel of its choosing and
at its sole cost and expense, to take any measures it deems appropriate to stop
infringement of the Collaboration Patents by Third Party or Sublicensee in the
Territory or to grant to the infringing Third Party or Sublicensee adequate
rights and licenses necessary for continuing such activities. Upon reasonable
request by *** shall give *** all reasonable information and assistance,
including allowing *** access to *** files and documents and to *** personnel,
including the inventors, who may have possession of relevant information and, if
necessary for *** to prosecute any legal action, joining in the legal action as
a party at its own cost and expense. In the event *** fails within *** following
notice of an infringement of the Collaboration Patents to take, or earlier
notifies *** in writing of its intent not to take, commercially appropriate
steps to remove any infringement of any of the Collaboration Patents that is
likely to have a material adverse effect on the sale of the Licensed Products,
and *** has not granted the infringing Third Party or Sublicensee rights and
licenses to continue its otherwise infringing activities, *** shall have the
right to do so at *** cost and expense; provided, however, that if *** has
commenced negotiations with an alleged infringer for discontinuance of such
infringement within such ***, *** to conclude its negotiations before *** may
bring suit for such infringement. Upon reasonable request by *** and at *** cost
and expense, *** shall give *** all reasonable information and assistance in
connection with such suit for infringement. |
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Recovery. Any amounts recovered by either Party pursuant to Section 16.2
and 16.3, whether by settlement or judgment, shall be used to reimburse the
Parties for their reasonable costs and expenses in making such recovery (which
amounts shall be allocated pro rata if insufficient to cover the totality of
such expenses), with any remainder being retained by or paid to *** unless and
to the extent ***, in which event any remainder shall be retained by or paid to
***, and shall be deemed “Net Sales” for which *** shall pay *** any
royalties that may be owed with respect to such Net Sales under Sections 11.1
and 11.2, without regard to whether any First Commercial Sale of a Licensed
Product has yet occurred, and without triggering the royalty term set forth in
Section 11.7. The Party pursuing any action under Section 16.2 and 16.3 will
bear all payments awarded against or agreed to be paid by such Party pursuant to
such action, including any costs or expenses incurred that exceed the amounts
recovered by such Party. |
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Potential Third Party Rights |
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17.1. |
Third Party Licenses. If, in the opinion of ***, the Exploitation of the
Agreement Compounds or Licensed Products *** infringes or misappropriates any
Patent or any Intellectual Property Right of a Third Party in any country, such
that *** cannot Exploit the Agreement Compounds or the Licensed Products in such
country without infringing the Patent or Intellectual Property Right of such
Third Party (a “Triggering Event”), then, *** shall have the
first right, but not the obligation, through counsel of its choosing and at its
sole cost and expense, to negotiate and obtain a license from such Third Party
as necessary for *** to Exploit the Agreement Compounds and Licensed Products in
such country. Nothing contained in this Section 17.1 shall be construed to limit
*** right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 20.4. |
17.2. |
Invalidity or Unenforceability Defences or Actions. |
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In
the event that a Third Party or Sublicensee asserts, as a defence or as a
counterclaim in any infringement action under Sections 16.2 and 16.3, that any
of the Licensed Patents or Collaboration Patents is invalid or unenforceable,
then the Party pursuing such infringement action in accordance with Section
16.2 or 16.3 shall promptly give written notice to the other Party. Regarding
any such defence or counterclaim under any infringement actions under Section
16.2 or 16.3, *** shall have the first right, but not the obligation, through
counsel of its choosing and at its cost and expense subject to the credit
provisions of Section 17.5, to respond to such defence or defend against such
counterclaim (as applicable), including, subject to what is stated in Section
17.3, the right to settle or otherwise compromise such claim. If *** notifies
*** in writing that it does not wish to respond to such defence or defend
against such counterclaim (as applicable), ***, shall, at *** sole cost and
expense, have the right to respond to such defence or defend against such
counterclaim (as applicable); provided, however, that *** may contribute to the
defence or defend against such counterclaim (as applicable) or join such
defence or defend against such counterclaim (as applicable) voluntarily, at its
own cost and expense, and shall have the right to be heard and *** shall, and
shall procure such Third Party having a licence from *** under the infringed or
allegedly infringed claim of the Licensed Patents to, give due regard to *** or
such Sublicensee’s views. ***, (i) shall not have the right to, and shall
not permit any of its other licensees and shall procure such licensees not to,
enter into any settlement or consent to any claim to the effect that any claim
under, or the patent protection otherwise offered under, any part of the
Licensed Patents within the Licensed Field would be materially negatively
affected, without the prior written consent of ***, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld; and (ii) shall obtain the written consent of *** prior
to ceasing to defend, settling or otherwise compromising such defence or
counterclaim. |
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Similarly,
if a *** asserts, in a declaratory judgment action or similar action or claim filed
by such ***, that any of the Licensed Patents or Collaboration Patents is invalid or
unenforceable, then the Party first becoming aware of such action or claim shall
promptly give written notice to the other Party. *** shall have the first right, but
not the obligation, through counsel of its choosing and at its cost and expense
subject to the credit provisions of Section 17.5, to defend against such action or
claim, including the right to settle, subject to what is stated in Section 17.3 or
otherwise compromise such claim. If *** notifies *** in writing that it does not
wish to respond to or defend against or settle such action or claim, ***, shall, at
*** sole cost and expense, have the right to defend against such action or claim;
provided, however, that AstraZeneca or its Sublicensees may contribute to such
action or claim or join such action or claim voluntarily, at its own cost and
expense, and shall have the right to be heard and *** shall, and shall procure such
Third Party having a licence from *** under the infringed or allegedly infringed
claim of the Licensed Patents to, give due regard to *** or such Sublicensee’s
views. ***, (i) shall not have the right to, and shall not permit any of its other
licensees and shall procure such licensees not to, enter into any settlement or
consent to any claim to the effect that any claim under, or the patent
protection otherwise offered under, any part of the Licensed Patentswithin
the Licensed Field would be materially negatively affected, without the prior
written consent of ***, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; and (ii) shall
obtain the written consent of *** prior to ceasing to defend, settling or otherwise
compromising such defence or counterclaim. |
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Notwithstanding what is stated in Section 17.2, *** shall not have the right to,
and shall not ***, enter into any settlement or consent to any claim to the
effect that any claim under, or the patent protection otherwise offered under,
any part of the Licensed Patents ***, without the prior written consent of ***,
such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. |
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Third Party Litigation. In the event of any actual or threatened suit
against ***, AstraZeneca or its Affiliates, Sublicensees, Distributors or
customers alleging that the Exploitation of Agreement Compounds or Licensed
Products, or that the Exploitation of the Licensed Patents or the Collaboration
Patents, AstraZeneca Patent or AstraZeneca Background Technologies by or on
behalf of AstraZeneca under this Agreement, infringes the Patent or other
intellectual property rights of any Person (an “Infringement
Suit”), the Party first becoming aware of such Infringement Suit shall
promptly give written notice to the other Party. *** shall have the first right,
but not the obligation, through counsel of its choosing and at its cost and
expense subject to the credit provisions of Section 17.5, to assume direction
and control of the defence of claims arising therefrom (including, subject to
what is stated below in this Section 17.4, the right to settle such claims at
its sole discretion). *** shall, if reasonably requested by ***, allow *** to
join in such legal action as a party at its own expense. *** shall remain in
full control handling such legal action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ***
shall not have the right to, and shall ***, enter into any settlement or
consent to any claim to the effect that any claim under, or the patent
protection otherwise offered under, ***, without the prior written consent of
***, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. If *** notifies *** in
writing that it does not wish to assume such direction and control, ***, shall
have the right, but not the obligation to, at its sole cost and expense, defend
against such claims; provided, however, that *** may contribute to or join such
legal action voluntarily, at its own cost and expense, and shall have the right
to be heard and *** shall, and shall procure *** to, give due regard to ***, (i)
shall not have the right to, and shall not permit any of its other licensees and
shall procure such licensees not to, enter into any settlement or consent to any
claim to the effect that any claim under, or the patent protection otherwise
offered under, any part of the Licensed Patents within the Licensed Field
would be materially negatively affected, without the prior written consent of
***, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; and (ii) shall obtain the
written consent of *** prior to ceasing to defend, settling or otherwise. |
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Cooperation. The Party other than the Party defending an action or claim
pursuant to Section 17.2 or 17.4 (the “Non-Defending Party”)
will provide to the other Party (the “Defending Party”) all
reasonable assistance requested by the Defending Party in connection with any
action, claim or suit under Section 17.2 or 17.4, including allowing the
Defending Party access to the Non-Defending Party’s files and documents and
to the Non-Defending Party’s personnel, including the inventors, who may
have possession of relevant information. In particular the Non-Defending Party
will promptly make available to the Defending Party, free of charge, all
information in its possession or control that it is aware will assist the
Defending Party in responding to any such action, claim or suit under Section
17.2 or 17.4. |
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Costs and Expenses. *** shall have the right to credit all (a) ***; (b)
***; and (c) ***; in each instance in order to secure the right to continue the
Exploitation of the Licensed Patents and the Collaboration Patents (which
royalties shall be subject to Section 11.6), against the *** to be paid by ***
to *** with respect to the sale of the Licensed Product under Articles 10 and
11. Credits not exhausted in any Calendar Quarter may *** Calendar Quarters. Any
amounts recovered by *** in connection with any action, claim or suit under
Section 17.2 or 17.4 shall be allocated between the Parties as provided in
Section 16.4. |
18. |
Representations and Warranties |
18.1. |
Palatin represents, warrants and covenants to AstraZeneca as of the Effective
Date that: |
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Palatin
is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. |
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This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Palatin and constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of Palatin, enforceable against Palatin in
accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency or
other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditor rights
and judicial principles affecting the availability of specific performance and
general principals of equity, whether enforceability is considered a proceeding
at law or equity. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Palatin, its
officers and directors on behalf of Palatin and no other corporate proceedings
on the part of Palatin are necessary to authorize such execution, delivery and
performance. |
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The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not result in a
violation of, or be in conflict with, or constitute a default, under any
agreement in existence as of the Effective Date between Palatin and Third
Parties and that it is not party to any other agreements that limits
AstraZeneca’s rights under this Agreement and Palatin will not enter into
any agreement, whether written or oral, inconsistent with the rights and
licenses granted hereunder. |
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Palatin
is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire right, title and interest in the
Licensed Patents and, to its Knowledge, the Licensed Know-How, and is entitled
to grant the licenses and the rights herein. Palatin has not placed, and to its
Knowledge there does not exist, upon the Licensed Patents and Licensed Know-How
any encumbrance or lien. No claim has been made to Palatin of ownership by any
Third Party of any right or interest in or to the Licensed Patents and Licensed
Know-How. The granting of the licenses to AstraZeneca hereunder does not
violate any right known to Palatin of any Third Party and, and to its
Knowledge, Palatin has obtained all necessary consents from Third Parties in
order to allow it to enter into its obligations under this Agreement. |
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To
Palatin’s and its Affiliates’ Knowledge, the Licensed Patents are being
diligently procured from the respective patent offices in accordance with all
Applicable Laws. The Licensed Patents have been filed and maintained properly and
correctly and all applicable fees have been paid on or before the due date for
payment. |
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As
of the Effective Date, to Palatin’s and its Affiliates’ Knowledge,
there is no actual infringement or threatened infringement of the Licensed
Patents, Licensed Know-How or the Regulatory Documentation by any Person. |
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To
the Knowledge of Palatin and its Affiliates, the disclosing, copying, making,
assigning, licensing or the Exploitation pursuant to this Agreement of the
Licensed Patents or Licensed Know-How hereunder will not infringe or conflict
with any Patent or other IP Protection Right of any Person. To the Knowledge of
Palatin and its Affiliates, the conception, development and reduction to
practice of the Licensed Patents and Licensed Know-How existing as of the
Effective Date have not constituted or involved the misappropriation of trade
secrets or other rights or property of any Person. |
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The
Licensed Patents and the Licensed Know-How existing as of the Effective Date
are subsisting and to Palatin’s Knowledge are not invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part. The conception, development and reduction
to practice of the Regulatory Documentation, the Licensed Patents and Licensed
Know-How existing as of the Effective Date have not constituted or involved the
misappropriation of trade secrets or other rights or property of any Person.
There are no claims, judgments or settlements against or amounts with respect
thereto owed by Palatin or any of its Affiliates relating to the Regulatory
Documentation, the Licensed Patents or the Licensed Know-How. No claim or
litigation has been brought or threatened by any Person alleging that (a) the
Licensed Patents or the Licensed Know-How are invalid or unenforceable or (b)
the Regulatory Documentation, the Licensed Patents or the Licensed Know-How or
the disclosing, copying, making, assigning, licensing or Exploiting of the
Regulatory Documentation, the Licensed Patents or the Licensed Know-How, or
products and services embodying the Regulatory Documentation, or the Compounds
or Licensed Products violates, infringes or otherwise conflicts or interferes
with any intellectual property or proprietary right of any Person. |
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Palatin
shall not grant to any Third Party any right under the Licensed Patents or the
Licensed Know-How which would mean or have as a consequence that *** in
accordance with this Agreement. |
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In
respect of the pending United States patent applications included in the
Licensed Patents, Palatin has presented all reasonably required prior art
material to patentability of which it and the inventors are aware to the United
States Patent and Trademark Office; provided, however, for the avoidance of
doubt, that in respect of the United States patent applications *** Palatin has
made any such disclosure regarding prior art as required by Applicable Law . |
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The
Licensed Patents listed on *** and *** represent all Patents within Palatin’s
Control relating to the Compounds as of the Effective Date. |
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The
Licensed Know-How has been kept confidential or has been disclosed to Third
Parties only under terms of confidentiality. To the Knowledge of Palatin and
its Affiliates no breach of such confidentiality has been committed by any
Third Party. For the avoidance of doubt, the *** have not, other than to the
extent they have been part of a patent application that is in the public
domain, been disclosed to any Third Party. |
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Palatin
has made (and will make) available, and will assign to AstraZeneca all of its
rights, titles and interests in and to, all Regulatory Documentation,
including, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, all Health Registration
Approvals, Licensed Know-How and other Information Controlled by Palatin as of
the Effective Date and from time to time during the Term related to the
Agreement Compounds or Licensed Product and that all such Regulatory
Documentation, Licensed Know-How and other Information are (and, if made
available or assigned after the Effective Date, will be) true, complete and
correct and that all such Regulatory Documentation, Licensed Know-How and other
Information will be automatically included in the license granted to
AstraZeneca under Article 7. As of the Effective Date, Palatin has prepared,
maintained and retained all Regulatory Documentation that is required to be
maintained or reported pursuant to and in accordance with good laboratory and
clinical practice and Applicable Law and all such information is true, complete
and correct and what it purports to be. |
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Palatin
has not been debarred and is not subject to debarment and Palatin will not use
in any capacity, in connection with the services to be performed under this
Agreement, any Person who has been debarred pursuant to Section 306 of the
United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or who is the subject of a
conviction described in such section. Palatin agrees to inform AstraZeneca in
writing immediately if it or any Person who is performing services hereunder is
debarred or is the subject of a conviction described in Section 306, or if any
action, suit, claim, investigation or legal or administrative proceeding is
pending or, to Palatin’s or its Affiliates’ Knowledge, is threatened,
relating to the debarment or conviction of Palatin or any Person performing
services hereunder. |
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Palatin
shall obtain from each of its Affiliates, sublicensees, employees and agents
rights to any and all Information that relate to the Compounds, Licensed
Products and Licensed Improvements, such that AstraZeneca shall, by virtue of
this Agreement, receive from Palatin, without payments beyond those required by
this Agreement, including Articles 9, 10 and 11, the licenses and other rights
granted to AstraZeneca hereunder. |
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True
and complete copies of all of Palatin’s agreements relating to the
Licensed Patents or Compounds have been made available to AstraZeneca and are
listed on Schedule 18.1.16. Except as identified on such Schedule
18.1.16, each such agreement is true and complete and that none of them
have been amended, terminated or renegotiated. Palatin is not, and to its
Knowledge no other party to any such agreement is, in breach of or in default
under any such agreement; and to Palatin’s Knowledge, no event or
circumstance has occurred which constitutes a breach or default thereunder. |
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Palatin
has not been involved in any *** relating to the Compound or Licensed Patents. |
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Palatin
has provided AstraZeneca in writing with of all information regarding the
Licensed Patents, Compounds and Regulatory Documentation which AstraZeneca has
requested. To Palatin’s Knowledge, the disclosed information is true and
correct and no document provided on behalf of the Palatin contains any untrue
statement of a relevant fact. |
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Except
for the agreements set out in Schedule 18.1.19, Palatin has not prior to the
Effective Date entered into any agreement, whether written or oral, with
respect to, or otherwise assigned, transferred, licensed, conveyed or otherwise
encumbered its right, title or interest in or to, the Licensed Patents,
Licensed Know-How, Regulatory Documentation, Compounds or the Licensed Products
(including by granting any covenant not to xxx with respect thereto) and it
will not enter into any such agreements or grant any such right, title or
interest to any Person that is inconsistent with the rights and licenses
granted to AstraZeneca under this Agreement. |
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AstraZeneca represents, warrants and covenants to Palatin as of the Effective
Date that: |
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AstraZeneca
is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
Sweden with full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
to perform its obligations hereunder. |
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Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by AstraZeneca and constitutes
the valid and binding obligation of AstraZeneca, enforceable against
AstraZeneca in accordance with its terms. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action
on the part of AstraZeneca, its officers and directors on behalf of
AstraZeneca. |
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AstraZeneca
has not been debarred and is not subject to debarment and AstraZeneca will not
use in any capacity, in connection with the services to be performed under this
Agreement, any Person who has been debarred pursuant to Section 306 of the
United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or who is the subject of a
conviction described in such section. AstraZeneca agrees to inform Palatin in
writing immediately if it or any Person who is performing services hereunder is
debarred or is the subject of a conviction described in Section 306, or if any
action, suit, claim, investigation or legal or administrative proceeding is
pending or, to AstraZeneca’s or its Affiliates’ Knowledge, is
threatened, relating to the debarment or conviction of AstraZeneca or any
Person performing services hereunder. |
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18.3. |
Each Party shall comply with all laws, rules and regulations that govern the
Party’s performance under this Agreement, including all United States and
multilateral export laws and regulations. |
18.4. |
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a warranty or representation by
either Party of the success of the Research Plan. |
18.5. |
DISCLAIMER. OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 7.13 AND THIS ARTICLE 18,
THE PARTIES DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THE
LICENSED KNOW-HOW, LICENSED PATENTS, COMPOUNDS, COLLABORATION MATERIALS, THE
ASTRAZENECA BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGIES AND THE RESULTS, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. |
19. |
Indemnification and Insurance |
19.1. |
Indemnification of Palatin. In addition to any other remedy available to
Palatin, AstraZeneca shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Palatin, its
Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers and employees in
full and on demand, from and against any and all Losses incurred by them to the
extent resulting from or arising out or in connection with any claims made or
suits brought by a Third Party (collectively, “Third Party Claims”)
against Palatin, its Affiliates or their respective directors, officers or
employees (a) that arise or result from any intentional misconduct or negligence
on the part of AstraZeneca or its Affiliates or Sublicensees in performing any
activity contemplated by this Agreement, including any Third Party Claim
resulting from or arising out of or in connection with AstraZeneca’s or its
Affiliates’ or Sublicensees’ development, manufacture, use, sale,
storage or handling of an Agreement Compound or Licensed Product or the breach
of any material provision of this Agreement by AstraZeneca or (b) that allege
that the concerned Third Party has suffered personal injury or death as a result
of a Product; provided that the foregoing indemnification shall not apply to any
Loss to the extent such Loss is caused by the breach of this Agreement by
Palatin or the negligence or wilful misconduct of Palatin or its Affiliates and
their current or former employees, officers and directors. |
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19.2. |
Indemnification of AstraZeneca. In addition to any other remedy available
to AstraZeneca, Palatin shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless AstraZeneca,
its Affiliates, Distributors, Sublicensees and its and their respective
directors, officers and employees in full and on demand, from and against any
and all Losses incurred by them to the extent resulting from or arising out of
or in connection with any Third Party Claims against AstraZeneca, its Affiliates
or their respective directors, officers or employees that arise or result from
any intentional misconduct or negligence on the part of Palatin or its
Affiliates in performing any activity contemplated by this Agreement, or the
breach of any material provision of this Agreement by Palatin; provided that the
foregoing indemnification shall not apply to any Loss to the extent such Loss is
caused by the breach of this Agreement by AstraZeneca or the negligence or
wilful misconduct of AstraZeneca or its Affiliates and their current or former
employees, officers and directors. |
19.3. |
Notice of Claim. An Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party
prompt written notice of any Loss or discovery of fact upon which such
Indemnified Party intends to base a request for indemnification under Section
19.1 or 19.2 (an “Indemnification Claim Notice”). In no event
shall the Indemnifying Party be liable for any Loss that results from any delay
in providing the Indemnification Claim Notice. Each Indemnification Claim Notice
shall contain a description of the claim and the nature and amount of the Loss
claimed (to the extent that the nature and amount of such Loss is known at such
time). The Indemnified Party shall furnish promptly to the Indemnifying Party
copies of all papers and official documents received in respect of any such
Loss. For the avoidance of doubt, all indemnification claims in respect of a
Party, its Affiliates or their respective directors, officers, employees and
agents (each, an “Indemnitee”) shall be made solely by such
Party to this Agreement. |
19.4. |
Indemnification Procedures. The obligations of an Indemnifying Party
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Assumption
of Defence. At its option, the Indemnifying Party may assume the defence of
any Third Party Claim by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party within
*** after the Indemnifying Party’s receipt of an Indemnification Claim
Notice. The assumption of the defence of a Third Party Claim by the
Indemnifying Party shall not be construed as an acknowledgement that the
Indemnifying Party is liable to indemnify any Indemnitee in respect of the
Third Party Claim, nor shall it constitute a waiver by the Indemnifying Party
of any defences it may assert against any Indemnified Party’s claim for
indemnification. |
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Control
of Defence. Upon the assumption of the defence of a Third Party Claim by
the Indemnifying Party: |
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Indemnifying Party may appoint as lead counsel in the defence of the Third
Party Claim any legal counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party, which shall
be reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party, and |
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as expressly provided in Section 19.4.3, the Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by
such Indemnified Party or any Indemnitee in connection with the analysis,
defence or settlement of the Third Party Claim. In the event that it is
ultimately determined that the Indemnifying Party is not obligated to
indemnify, defend or hold harmless an Indemnitee from and against the Third
Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall reimburse the Indemnifying Party for
any and all costs and expenses (including lawyers’ fees and costs of suit)
and any Loss incurred by the Indemnifying Party in its defence of the Third
Party Claim with respect to such Indemnified Party or Indemnitee. |
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Right
to Participate in Defence. Without limiting Section 19.4.1 or 19.4.2, any
Indemnitee shall be entitled to participate in, but not control, the defence of
a Third Party Claim and to retain counsel of its choice for such purpose;
provided, however, that such retention shall be at the Indemnitee’s own
expense unless, (a) the Indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defence and
retain counsel in accordance with Section 19.4.1 (in which case the Indemnified
Party shall control the defence), or (b) the interests of the Indemnitee and
the Indemnifying Party with respect to such Third Party Claim are sufficiently
adverse to prohibit the representation by the same counsel of both parties
under Applicable Law, ethical rules or equitable principles. |
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Settlement.
With respect to all Losses, where the Indemnifying Party has assumed the
defence of a Third Party Claim in accordance with Section 19.4.1, (i) the
Indemnifying Party shall have authority to consent to the entry of any
judgement, enter into any settlement or otherwise dispose of such Losses,
provided that it obtains the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and (ii) no
Indemnified Party or Indemnitee shall admit any liability with respect to, or
settle, compromise or discharge, any such Third Party Claim without the prior
written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. |
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Cooperation.
If the Indemnifying Party chooses to defend or prosecute any Third Party Claim,
the Indemnified Party shall, and shall cause each other Indemnitee to,
cooperate in the defence or prosecution thereof and shall furnish such records,
information and testimony, provide such witnesses and attend such conferences,
discovery proceedings, hearings, trials and appeals as may be reasonably
requested in connection therewith. Such cooperation shall include access during
normal business hours by the Indemnifying Party to, and reasonable retention by
the Indemnified Party of, records and information that are reasonably relevant
to such Third Party Claim, and making the Indemnified Party, the Indemnitees
and its and their employees and agents available on a mutually convenient basis
to provide additional information and explanation of any records or information
provided, and the Indemnifying Party shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for
all of its related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. |
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Expenses.
Except as expressly provided above, the reasonable and verifiable costs and
expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, incurred by the
Indemnified Party in connection with any claim shall be reimbursed on a
quarterly basis by the Indemnifying Party, without prejudice to the
Indemnifying Party’s right to contest the Indemnified Party’s right
to indemnification and subject to refund in the event the Indemnifying Party is
ultimately held not to be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party. |
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19.5. |
Insurance. Each Party shall have and maintain such type and amounts of
liability insurance as is normal and customary in the pharmaceutical industry
generally for Persons similarly situated, and shall upon request provide the
other Party with a copy of its policies of insurance in that regard, along with
any amendments and revisions thereto. |
20.1. |
Term. This Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date and
shall continue in full force and effect, unless earlier terminated in accordance
with this Article 20 or Section 21.4, during the Collaboration Term and
thereafter for as long as AstraZeneca is pursuing pre-clinical research or other
activities or clinical development of one or more Collaboration Compounds or
commercialising Products for which royalties are owed to Palatin pursuant to
Article 11. |
20.2. |
Collaboration Term. The Collaboration Term shall commence on the
Effective Date and, unless the Agreement is terminated pursuant to Sections
20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6 or 20.9 or the Research Collaboration is terminated by
AstraZeneca pursuant to this Section 20.2, continue until expiration of ***
Collaboration Year. |
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what is stated in the immediately preceding paragraph, AstraZeneca may extend the
Collaboration Term, at no more than *** by one extension period at each occasion, on the
terms corresponding to those set forth in Article 9 for periods of no less than *** nor
more *** each by providing Palatin notice, specifying the duration of the period of
extension, no later than *** prior to the expiration of the *** Collaboration Year or
any subsequent period, as applicable, provided that the Parties will in good faith
renegotiate the FTE Rate for the *** to reflect
increases, if any, in relevant price indexes. |
20.3. |
Termination by AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca shall have the right, in its sole
discretion to terminate this Agreement in its entirety or with respect to one or
more countries in the Territory upon *** prior written notice; provided,
however, that during the Collaboration Term such termination shall not take
effect until *** of the date of such notice or upon the date when the
Collaboration Term expires (provided always that such termination does never
take effect prior to the expiration of the thirty days notice period), whichever
is the earlier. |
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In
the event that AstraZeneca terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Section 20.3 before
the end of the Collaboration Term, AstraZeneca shall pay through the date of termination
the cost, if any, for (i) all FTEs specified in the Research Plan; and (ii) all Third
Party costs which cannot reasonably be terminated and that Palatin has committed prior to
the termination notice and which are budgeted and approved in the Research Plan; up until
such date; provided, however, that AstraZeneca shall have no obligation to make such
payment under (i) or (ii) in the event it terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section
20.5, 20.6 or 20.9. |
20.4. |
Termination for Infringement of Third Party Rights. |
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If
a Triggering Event occurs with respect to a country, AstraZeneca shall have the
right upon written notice to Palatin to terminate this Agreement with respect
to such country if at any time (a) AstraZeneca is unable to obtain such a
license on commercially reasonable terms or (b) AstraZeneca in good faith
believes that negotiation with a Third Party pursuant to Article 17 with
respect to such country is not likely to result in a commercially reasonable
agreement; provided, however, that AstraZeneca shall have the right to
terminate this Agreement with respect to *** and AstraZeneca shall
have the right to terminate this Agreement in its entirety if such country is
or is in a Major Market. |
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If
a Third Party institutes an Infringement Suit with respect to a country,
AstraZeneca shall have the right upon written notice to Palatin to terminate
this Agreement with respect to such country if (a) ***, such Infringement Suit
is not settled, dismissed or otherwise disposed of on terms reasonably
acceptable to AstraZeneca, or (b) AstraZeneca in good faith believes that the
outcome of such Infringement Suit is not likely to be favourable; provided,
however, that AstraZeneca shall have the right to terminate this Agreement with
respect to *** and AstraZeneca shall
have the right to terminate this Agreement in its entirety if such country is
or is in a Major Market. |
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Termination by Either Party. In addition to any other provision of this
Agreement expressly providing for termination of this Agreement, this Agreement
may be terminated immediately by either Party upon notice to the other Party in
the event of a material breach of this Agreement, and such termination may
relate to this Agreement in its entirety, if the breach is material to the
Agreement as a whole, or to the country or countries to which such material
default applies, by such other Party where such breach is capable of cure and
such breach remains uncured for *** after notice of such breach (provided that
if such breach is capable of cure but cannot be cured within such *** period,
and the breaching Party commences actions to cure such breach within such period
and thereafter diligently continues such actions, the breaching Party shall have
an additional *** to cure such breach (though this additional cure period shall
not apply to nonpayment)); provided, however, that in the event that AstraZeneca
is the Party in material default and the default is with respect to
AstraZeneca’s failure to comply with its obligation to use Commercially
Reasonable Efforts as required under Section 6.1 with respect to the Licensed
Products in a particular Major Market, Palatin shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement only after it complies with Section 6.2 and only with respect to
such Major Market and not in its entirety; provided, however, further, that if
AstraZeneca fails to comply with its obligations under Section 6.1 with respect
to the Licensed Product in all Major Markets, Palatin shall have the right to
terminate this Agreement in its entirety for the material breach of AstraZeneca. |
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is understood that termination pursuant to this Section 20.5 shall be a remedy of last
resort and may be invoked only in the case where the breach cannot be reasonably remedied
by the payment of money damages. If either Party initiates a dispute resolution procedure
as permitted under this Agreement within *** following the receipt of written notice from
the non-breaching Party to resolve the dispute for which termination is being sought and
is diligently pursuing such procedure, including any litigation following therefrom, the
termination shall become effective only if and when allowed through such dispute
resolution procedure. |
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Change of Corporate Control. Upon a Change of Corporate Control of
Palatin at any time during the Research Collaboration, AstraZeneca shall have
the right to (a) terminate this Agreement in its entirety by delivering written
notice of termination to Palatin *** after the date of such Change of Corporate
Control; or (b) terminate only the Parties’ collaboration under the
Research Collaboration with immediate effect thereby ending the Collaboration
Term; or (c) terminate Sections 4.3.2 and 6.3 and have the IF, if established,
dissolved. In the event AstraZeneca exercises the option under (b), AstraZeneca
shall be under no obligation to provide Palatin with any further compensation
pursuant to Article 9. |
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Following
such termination of the Collaboration Term, Palatin shall immediately assign, and shall
cause its Affiliates and its and their employees and agents, as applicable, to so assign,
to AstraZeneca, without additional compensation, such right, title and interest in and to
any Results not previously assigned to AstraZeneca as well as, for the avoidance of doubt,
any IP Protection Rights pertaining to any of the foregoing and shall immediately return
to AstraZeneca all AstraZeneca Information and all other Confidential Information of
AstraZeneca, including any and all copies thereof, and those portions of any documents,
memoranda, notes, studies, analyses or other material prepared by or on behalf of Palatin
that incorporate or are derived from such Confidential Information. For the avoidance of
doubt, in the event of such termination, Palatin shall have no further rights to use any
Results, AstraZeneca Information or other Confidential Information of AstraZeneca for any
purpose. The Agreement shall remain valid and in full force and effect in all other
respects. |
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the Change of Corporate Control of Palatin after the expiration of the Collaboration Term,
AstraZeneca shall have the right to exercise the option under (c) by delivering written
notice to Palatin at any time within *** after the date of such Change of Corporate
Control. |
20.7. Consequences
of Termination.
Return of Material; Termination of Rights.
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the event of termination of this Agreement in its entirety by AstraZeneca
pursuant to Section 20.3, 20.4 or 20.6, or by Palatin in the event of
a material breach by AstraZeneca pursuant to Section 20.5: (i) all
rights and licenses granted to AstraZeneca under this Agreement shall
terminate, (ii) each Party shall return all data, files, records and
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in its possession or control containing or comprising the other Party’s
Information, or other Confidential Information to which such first
Party does not retain rights hereunder (except one copy of which may
be retained by the returning Party solely for archival purposes), and
(iii) AstraZeneca shall continue to pay to Palatin the royalties and
milestones set forth in Sections 10 and 11 in respect of any products
based on or utilizing Collaboration Compounds, Collaboration Patents
or Collaboration Results. |
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In
the event of termination of this Agreement with respect to one or more
countries by AstraZeneca pursuant to Section 20.3 or 20.4 , or by
Palatin in the event of a material breach by AstraZeneca pursuant to
Section 20.5: (i) all rights and licences granted to AstraZeneca
under this Agreement shall terminate with respect to such country or
countries, (ii) each Party shall return all data, files, records and
other materials in its possession or control containing or comprising
the other Party’s Information or other Confidential Information
with respect to such country or countries to which such first Party
does not retain rights hereunder (except one copy of which may be
retained by the returning Party solely for archival purposes), and
(iii) AstraZeneca shall continue to pay to Palatin the royalties and
milestones set forth in Sections 10 and 11 in respect of any products
based on or utilizing Collaboration Compounds, Collaboration Patents
or Collaboration Results. For the avoidance of doubt, AstraZeneca
shall have the right to retain all such Information, including
Confidential Information, that is necessary or useful for AstraZeneca
to Exploit Licensed Products in the Territory. |
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In
the event of termination by AstraZeneca pursuant to Section 20.5 of this
Agreement in its entirety or with respect to one or more countries or
by AstraZeneca pursuant to Section 20.9, Palatin shall deliver or
otherwise return all data, files, records and other materials in its
possession or control relating to the Agreement Compounds and
Licensed Product or containing or comprising AstraZeneca’s
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with respect to such country or countries regarding which the
Agreement has been terminated (except one copy of which may be
retained by Palatin solely for archival purposes) and, without
prejudice to any license or right granted hereunder for any country
regarding which this Agreement remains in force, all licenses and
other rights granted by Palatin to AstraZeneca under Article 7 shall
continue in perpetuity under financial terms to be decided in accordance
with Article 24; provided, however, that such licences and rights
under Article 7 shall continue whether or not such decision has been
made. |
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Transfer
of Materials. In the event of termination of this Agreement by (i)
AstraZeneca pursuant to Section 20.3, 20.4 or 20.6; or (ii) Palatin in the
event of a material breach by AstraZeneca pursuant to Section 20.5; or
(iii) Palatin pursuant to Section 20.9, (a) a copy of any and all
documentation and data (including regulatory documentation and filings)
owned or controlled by AstraZeneca and in tangible form at the time of
termination of the Agreement that has been generated with respect to
Agreement Compounds, Licensed Products, their respective Manufacture and
that which is reasonably necessary or useful to enable Palatin to continue
to Exploit the Licensed Products (collectively, the “AstraZeneca
Product Data”), shall be provided to Palatin, and Palatin may use
such AstraZeneca Product Data at its discretion on a non-exclusive basis,
but only to the extent reasonably necessary or useful to enable Palatin to
continue to Exploit the Licensed Products, and (b) if such termination
occurs after a Licensed Product has received Health Registration Approval
(including price approval, if applicable), AstraZeneca shall, if permitted
under local laws and regulations, promptly transfer to Palatin at Palatin’s
cost and expense (except in the case of the material breach of
AstraZeneca) any and all Health Registration Approvals obtained for the
Licensed Products as well as any and all Regulatory Documentation and
regulatory applications submitted to Health Authorities for the Licensed
Product, provided that Palatin shall indemnify and hold harmless
AstraZeneca and its Affiliates, Distributors and Sublicensees from any
Losses with respect to the use of the AstraZeneca Product Data and the
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Compounds or Licensed Products under such Health Registration Approvals
pursuant to Article 19 and any such AstraZeneca Product Data shall be
subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in Article 13.
Palatin shall pay to AstraZeneca, in consideration for the foregoing
transfer of the AstraZeneca Product Data and, if applicable, the Health
Registration Approvals and other Regulatory Documentation following
termination, a *** of Net Sales (provided that, for purposes of this
Section 20.7.1, references to AstraZeneca in such definition shall be
deemed to be references to Palatin), subject to all offsets and reductions
herein mutatis mutandis of each Licensed Product Exploited by or on
behalf of Palatin, its Affiliates or sublicensees from the First
Commercial Sale of each such Licensed Product in a country until *** of
such First Commercial Sale in such country. |
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Grant
Back. In the event of termination of this Agreement in its entirety
by AstraZeneca pursuant to Section 20.3, 20.4 or 20.6 or by Palatin
in the event of a material breach by AstraZeneca pursuant to Section
20.5 or by Palatin pursuant to Section 20.9, Palatin shall have the
right to elect, on written notice to AstraZeneca, for a period of ***
from such termination, to obtain from AstraZeneca a non-exclusive,
royalty-bearing license under any Grant-Back Patents to the extent
reasonably necessary or useful for Palatin to continue the
development, commercialisation and Exploitation of Agreement
Compounds and Licensed Products as developed by AstraZeneca up to the
point of termination of this Agreement, provided that Palatin shall
indemnify and hold harmless AstraZeneca and its Affiliates,
Distributors and Sublicensees from any Losses with respect to the
Exploitation of Compounds or Licensed Products under such license
pursuant to Article 19. Palatin shall pay AstraZeneca a royalty of ***
of Net Sales (provided that, for purposes of this Section 20.7.2,
references to AstraZeneca in such definition shall be deemed to be
references to Palatin), subject to all offsets and reductions herein,
mutatis mutandis, of each Licensed Product Exploited by or on
behalf of Palatin, its Affiliates or sublicensees from the First
Commercial Sale of each such Licensed Product in a country until the
*** of such First Commercial Sale in such country. Palatin shall
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for its reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the filing,
prosecution and maintenance of the Grant-Back Patents incurred after
the date of termination. For the avoidance of doubt, the rights
granted to Palatin hereunder are restricted solely to the Agreement
Compounds and Licensed Products and AstraZeneca does not grant any
rights whatsoever to any other compounds or products or to any IP
Protection Rights other than to the Grant-Back Patents as set forth
above. For purposes of this Section 20.7.2, “Grant-Back
Patents” means any and all Patents owned or otherwise
Controlled by AstraZeneca as of the effective date of such termination
reasonably necessary or useful to Exploit the Agreement Compounds or
Licensed Products or that claim the Agreement Compounds or Licensed
Products solely as such Agreement Compounds or Licensed Products
exist as of the termination of this Agreement. |
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Work-in-Progress.
Upon termination of this Agreement with respect to one or more
countries by Palatin in the event of a material breach by AstraZeneca
pursuant to Section 20.5, AstraZeneca shall be entitled during ***,
to finish any work-in-progress and to sell any inventory of the
Licensed Product that remains on hand as of the date of the
termination, so long as AstraZeneca pays Palatin the royalties
applicable to said subsequent sales in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in Article 11. |
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Unauthorised
Sales. To the extent that Palatin has the right under this
Section 20.7 to Exploit Licensed Products in one or more countries
and to the extent permitted by law, Palatin shall have the right,
both for itself and for its Affiliates, to Manufacture, distribute,
market, promote, offer for sale and sell the Licensed Product only in
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Palatin
shall not, and shall not permit its subsidiaries or authorize its other
Affiliates or sublicensees to, engage in active sales of the Licensed
Product in *** in which AstraZeneca’s exclusive license under
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Palatin
shall not, and shall not permit or authorize its Affiliates to,
distribute, market, promote, offer for sale or sell the Licensed
Product directly or indirectly in *** in which AstraZeneca’s
exclusive license under this Agreement has not terminated or expired. |
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shall not be obligated to provide Palatin with any other IP Protection Right or services
than what is explicitly provided for under this Section 20.7. |
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Remedies.
Early termination of this Agreement or the Research Collaboration by a Party
shall in no way affect or limit such Party’s right to claim against the
other Party for any damages arising out of the breach of this Agreement. |
20.8. |
Accrued Rights and Surviving Obligations. The termination of this
Agreement shall not relieve the Parties from performing any obligations accrued
prior to the date this Agreement terminates. Each Party’s obligations under
Sections 3.6, 3.7.1 (to the extent that AstraZeneca terminates the
Agreement during the Collaboration Term and provided that
such provision shall survive for a period of one (1) year after
such termination), 6.3, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 12.1, 12.2, 20.7, 20.10 and this
Section 20.8 and Articles 1, 13, 19, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 and 35 and
Articles 10 and 11 (but only to the extent set forth in Section 20.7) shall
survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement. |
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Termination Upon Insolvency. Either Party may terminate this Agreement
and AstraZeneca may, at its option, terminate only the Research Collaboration,
thereby ending the Collaboration Term, if, at any time, the other Party (i)
shall file in any court or agency pursuant to any statute or regulation of any
state, country or jurisdiction, a petition in bankruptcy or insolvency or for
reorganization or for an arrangement or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee of that Party or of its assets, or (ii) proposes a written agreement of
composition or extension of its debts, or (iii) shall be served with an
involuntary petition against it, filed in any insolvency proceeding, and such
petition shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) days after the filing thereof,
or (iv) shall propose or be a party to any dissolution or liquidation, or (v)
shall make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors. In case AstraZeneca
elects to terminate the Research Collaboration only AstraZeneca shall be under
no obligation to provide Palatin with any further compensation pursuant to
Article 9 and what is stated in Section 20.6, second paragraph, shall apply. |
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20.10. |
Rights in Bankruptcy. All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant
to this Agreement by Palatin are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for
purposes of Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or analogous provisions
of Applicable Law outside the United States, licenses of right to
“intellectual property” as defined under Section 101 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code or analogous provisions of Applicable Law outside the United
States (hereinafter “IP”). The Parties agree that AstraZeneca, as
licensee of such rights under this Agreement, shall retain and may fully
exercise all of its rights and elections under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any
other provisions of Applicable Law outside the United States that provide
similar protection for IP. The Parties further agree that, in the event of the
commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding by or against Palatin under the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code or analogous provisions of Applicable Law outside the United
States, AstraZeneca shall be entitled to a complete duplicate of (or complete
access to, as appropriate) any such IP and all embodiments of such IP, which, if
not already in AstraZeneca’s possession, shall be promptly delivered to it
upon AstraZeneca’s written request therefore. |
21.1. |
In this Agreement, “Force Majeure” means an event which is
beyond a non-performing Party’s reasonable control, including an act of
God, act of the other Party, strike, lock-out or other industrial/labour dispute
(whether involving the workforce of the Party so prevented or of any other
Person), war, riot, civil commotion, terrorist act, malicious damage, epidemic,
quarantine, fire, flood, storm, natural disaster or compliance with any law or
governmental order, rule, regulation or direction (including changes in the
requirements of the Health Authorities), whether or not it is later held to be
invalid. |
21.2. |
The Force Majeure Party shall, within *** of the occurrence of a Force Majeure
event, give notice in writing to the other Party specifying the nature and
extent of the event of Force Majeure, its anticipated duration and any action
being taken to avoid or minimize its effect. Subject to providing such notice
and to Section 21.1, the Force Majeure Party shall not be liable for delay in
performance or for non-performance of its obligations under this Agreement, in
whole or in part, nor shall the other Party have the right to terminate this
Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, where non-performance
or delay in performance has resulted from an event of Force Majeure. The
suspension of performance allowed hereunder shall be of no greater scope and no
longer duration than is reasonably required. |
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21.3. |
The Force Majeure Party shall use reasonable endeavours, without being obligated
to incur any expenditure or cost, to bring the Force Majeure event to a close or
to find a solution by which this Agreement may be performed despite the
continuation of the event of Force Majeure. |
21.4. |
If the Force Majeure Party is prevented from performing its obligations due to a
Force Majeure event for a continuous period in excess of **** after the date of
the occurrence of the Force Majeure event, and such failure to perform would
constitute a material breach of this Agreement in the absence of such Force
Majeure event, the Parties shall meet and discuss in good faith any amendments
to this Agreement to permit the other Party to exercise its rights under this
Agreement. If the Parties are not able to agree on such amendments within ***
and if the suspension of performance continues, final resolution shall be
determined by binding arbitration pursuant to Section 24.2. |
22.1. |
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Neither
Party may assign its rights or, except as provided in Sections 3.3, 7.7, 7.8
and 7.9, delegate its obligations under this Agreement, whether by operation of
law or otherwise, in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the
other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed,
except that AstraZeneca shall always have the right, without such consent, (a)
to perform any or all of its obligations and exercise any or all of its rights
under this Agreement through any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees, and (b) on
written notice to Palatin, assign any or all of its rights and delegate any or
all of its obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates or to any successor
in interest (whether by merger, acquisition, asset purchase or otherwise) to
all or substantially all of the business to which this Agreement relates. Any
permitted successor of a Party or any permitted assignee of all of a Party’s
rights under this Agreement that has also assumed all of such Party’s
obligations hereunder in writing shall, upon any such succession or |
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assignment
and assumption, be deemed to be a party to this Agreement as though named
herein in substitution for the assigning Party, whereupon the assigning Party
shall cease to be a party to this Agreement and shall cease to have any rights
or obligations under this Agreement. All validly assigned rights of a Party
shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, and all validly delegated
obligations of such Party shall be binding on and be enforceable against, the
permitted successors and assigns of such Party, provided that such Party, if it
survives, shall remain jointly and severally liable for the performance of such
delegated obligations under this Agreement. Any attempted assignment or
delegation in violation of this Article 22 shall be void. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Article 22, the terms of this Agreement may be varied,
amended or modified or this Agreement may be suspended, cancelled or terminated
without the consent of any assignee or delegate that is not deemed pursuant to
the provisions of this Article 22 to have become a party to this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, after the Collaboration Term
Palatin may assign its right to receive payments hereunder to any Third Party
without the consent of AstraZeneca; provided, however and for the avoidance of
doubt that (i) such assignee will have no further or broader rights in relation
to AstraZeneca than Palatin would have had under this Agreement, (ii) such
assignee will not have any rights in relation to AstraZeneca under this
Agreement other than the right to receive payments and (iii) Palatin shall
reimburse AstraZeneca for any increased costs that AstraZeneca may have as a
consequence of such assignment. |
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To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Parties waive any provision of law
that would render any provision of this Agreement invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, in any respect, then such provision will be given no effect by the Parties
and shall not form part of this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable
Law and if the rights or obligations of any Party will not be materially and adversely
affected all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and
the Parties shall use their best efforts to negotiate a provision in replacement of the
provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is consistent with Applicable Law
and achieves, as nearly as possible, the original intention of the Parties. |
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24. |
Governing Law and Dispute Resolution |
24.1. |
Governing Law. The interpretation and construction of this Agreement
shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, U.S., excluding any
conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer
construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of
another jurisdiction. |
24.2. |
Arbitration. In the event of any controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to any provision of this Agreement, the Parties shall try to settle
their differences amicably between themselves. Any unresolved disputes arising
between the Parties relating to, arising out of or in any way connected with
this Agreement or any term or condition hereof, or the performance by either
Party of its obligations hereunder, whether during the term or after termination
of this Agreement, shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration. Whenever
a Party shall decide to institute arbitration proceedings, it shall give written
notice to that effect to the other Party. Arbitration shall be held in New York,
New York, U.S., according to the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce
(the “ICC”). The arbitration will be conducted by a panel of three (3)
arbitrators appointed in accordance with ICC rules; provided that each Party
shall within thirty (30) calendar days after the institution of the arbitration
proceedings appoint one arbitrator each, and such arbitrators shall select, if
they shall agree, a third arbitrator within thirty (30) calendar days
thereafter. If the two first arbitrators are unable to select a third arbitrator
within such period, the third arbitrator shall be appointed in accordance with
ICC rules. All arbitrators eligible to conduct the arbitration must agree to
render their opinion(s) within thirty (30) calendar days of the final
arbitration hearing. No arbitrator (nor the panel of arbitrators) shall have the
power to award punitive damages under this Agreement and such award is expressly
prohibited. Decisions of the arbitrators shall be confidential, final and
binding on all of the Parties. Judgment on the award so rendered may be entered
in a court having jurisdiction thereof. The losing Party to the arbitration (if
any) as determined by the arbitrators shall pay the costs of arbitration. The
proceedings, including any outcome, shall be confidential. Nothing in this
Section 24.2 will preclude either Party from seeking equitable relief in
accordance with Article 33 or interim or provisional relief from a court of
competent jurisdiction, including a temporary restraining order, preliminary
injunction or other interim equitable relief, concerning a dispute either prior
to or during any arbitration if necessary to protect the interests of such Party
or to preserve the status quo pending the arbitration proceeding. |
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25. |
Interpretation of Certain Evidence |
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Any
dispute with respect to whether a compound is a Collaboration Compound shall be subject to
the provisions of Article 24, provided that, whatever the dispute resolution proceedings
or procedures, the Parties agree that AstraZeneca’s internal laboratory books and
records from the relevant discovery process and its other relevant documentation (e.g.,
in-license agreements, invention disclosure documents or Patents disclosing or covering
such compound) shall provide presumptive evidence with respect to any such dispute and
Palatin shall bear the burden of proving that such documentation is not accurate. |
26.1. |
Notice Requirements. Any notice, request, demand, waiver, consent,
approval or other communication permitted or required under this Agreement shall
be in writing and shall be deemed given only if delivered by hand or sent by
facsimile transmission (with transmission confirmed) or by
internationally-recognised overnight delivery service that maintains records of
delivery, addressed to the Parties at their respective addresses specified in
Section 26.2 or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is to be given
may have provided to the other Party in accordance with this Article 26. Such
notice shall be deemed to have been given as of the date delivered by hand or
transmitted by facsimile (with transmission confirmed) or on the second business
day (at the place of delivery) after deposit with an internationally-recognised
overnight delivery service. Any notice delivered by facsimile shall be confirmed
by a hard copy delivered as soon as practicable thereafter. This Article 26 is
not intended to govern the day-to-day business communications necessary between
the Parties in performing their obligations under the terms of this Agreement. |
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AstraZeneca AB
XX-000 00 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Facsimile: x00 0 000 00000
For the attention of: Executive VP, Global Discovery Research
With a copy to: AstraZeneca
Legal Department
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx 0
XX-000 00 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Facsimile: + 46 8 553 233 00
For the attention of: Assistant General Counsel |
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Palatin
Palatin Technologies, Inc.
0-X Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: 609.495.2202
For the attention of: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
27. Relationship of the
Parties
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The
status of a Party under this Agreement shall be that of an independent contractor. Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture or
agency relationship between the Parties or, except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, as granting either Party the authority to bind or contract any obligation in
the name of or on the account of the other Party or to make any statements,
representations, warranties or commitments on behalf of the other Party. All persons
employed by a Party shall be employees of such Party and not of the other Party and all
costs and obligations incurred by reason of any such employment shall be for the account
and expense of such Party. |
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28. Entire Agreement
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This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject
matter of this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, whether written
or oral, with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. Each Party confirms that it
is not relying on any representations, warranties or covenants of the other Party except
as specifically set out in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit
or exclude any liability for fraud. All Schedules and Exhibits referred to in this
Agreement are intended to be and are hereby specifically incorporated into and made a part
of this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between any such schedules or
Exhibits and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall govern. |
29. English Language
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This Agreement is written and executed in the English language. Any translation into any other
language shall not be an official version of this Agreement and in the event of any
conflict in interpretation between the English version and such translation, the English
version shall prevail. |
30. Amendment
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Any
amendment or modification of this Agreement must be in writing and signed by authorised
representatives of both Parties. |
31. Waiver and
Non-Exclusion of Remedies
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A
Party’s failure to enforce, at any time or for any period of time, any provision of
this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy shall not constitute a waiver of that
provision, right or remedy or prevent such Party from enforcing any or all provisions of
this Agreement and exercising any rights or remedies. To be effective any waiver must be
in writing. The rights and remedies provided herein are cumulative and, except as
expressly provided in this Agreement, do not exclude any other right or remedy provided by
law or otherwise available. |
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32. No Benefit to Third
Parties
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The
provisions of this Agreement are for the sole benefit of the Parties and their successors
and permitted assigns, and they shall not be construed as conferring any rights in any
other Persons. |
33. Equitable Relief
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Palatin
acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions set forth in Section 3.7 and Article 13 of
this Agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of
AstraZeneca and that AstraZeneca would not have entered into this Agreement in the absence
of such restrictions, and that any breach or threatened breach of any provision of Section
3.7 or Article 13 will result in irreparable injury to AstraZeneca for which there will be
no adequate remedy at law. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision
of Section 3.7 or Article 13, AstraZeneca shall be authorised and entitled to obtain from
any court of competent jurisdiction injunctive relief, whether preliminary or permanent,
specific performance and an equitable accounting of all earnings, profits and other
benefits arising from such breach, which rights shall be cumulative and in addition to any
other rights or remedies to which AstraZeneca may be entitled in law or equity. Palatin
agrees to waive any requirement that AstraZeneca (a) post a bond or other security as a
condition for obtaining any such relief, and (b) show irreparable harm, balancing of
xxxxx, consideration of the public interest or inadequacy of monetary damages as a remedy.
Nothing in this Article 33 is intended, or should be construed, to limit
AstraZeneca’s right to equitable relief or any other remedy for a breach of any other
provision of this Agreement. |
34. Further Assurance
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Each
Party shall perform all further acts and things and execute and deliver such further
documents as may be necessary or as the other Party may reasonably require to implement or
give effect to this Agreement. |
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35. Expenses
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Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Party shall pay the fees and
expenses of its respective lawyers and other experts and all other expenses and costs
incurred by such Party incidental to the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery
of this Agreement. |
36. Counterparts
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This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original and all of which taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties
hereto have executed this Agreement in two (2) original copies of which each of the
Parties have taken one each.
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SIGNED for and on behalf of
AstraZeneca AB (publ)
Signature /s/ Xxx X Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxx X Xxxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
Global Discovery |
SIGNED for and on behalf of
Palatin Technologies, Inc.
Signature /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: CEO and President |
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Schedule 1.12
AstraZeneca
Principal Scientists
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Schedule 1.92
Research Plan
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Schedule 3.1
AstraZeneca International
Policy on Animal Care and Use
Laboratory Animals: Care
and Use
Laboratory animals play an essential
role in the research process and safety data from animal experiments are an essential
requirement of the regulatory authorities before any new therapeutic agents can be tested
in humans.
AstraZeneca R&D considers the
responsible use of animals to be ethically appropriate where alternatives are not
available.
All research involving animals must
be carefully considered and justified. The following principles will be fulfilled:
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A humane approach will be adopted in the care and treatment of all animals, and the
greatest consideration given to their health and welfare consistent with meeting the
necessary scientific objectives. |
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Alternatives will be proactively sought wherever possible, through research, to replace
and reduce the use of animals and to refine experimental techniques. |
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All research which necessitates the use of animals will be designed and undertaken so as
to minimise, and preferably avoid, pain, suffering and stress. |
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All studies will use the minimum number of the most appropriate species and strain of
animal to achieve the scientific objectives. |
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The sharing of information and data throughout both AstraZeneca R&D and the wider
scientific community to enhance the development and uptake of replacement, reduction and
refinement techniques will be encouraged. |
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Employees will be adequately trained and competent in the procedures they perform and in
the care and welfare they provide. |
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All work involving animals will be undertaken strictly in accordance with relevant local,
national and international legislation, regulations and guidelines. |
Schedule 3.2
Key Personnel
(including Palatin Principal Scientists)
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Schedule 8
Form of Confirmatory
Patent Licenses
DRAFT
Date:
Parties:
(1) `The Licensor':
____________ having its registered office at __________.
(2) `The Licensee':
____________ having its registered office at __________.
Recitals:
By an Agreement (‘the Main
Agreement’) dated _________________ and made between the Licensor and the Licensee
the Licensor granted for the consideration therein contained to the Licensee a licence
under […] (‘the Patent’). Operative provisions:
1. |
In pursuance of the Main Agreement and for the consideration referred to in the
Main Agreement the Licensor hereby confirms the grant to the Licensee of the
exclusive licence from the Effective Date for the term specified in the Main
Agreement to manufacture, market, sell and otherwise dispose of Licensed
Products (as defined in the Main Agreement) for the life of the Patent and
subject to the provisions of the Main Agreement. |
2. |
Subject as provided in the Main Agreement this Licence shall terminate without
notice in the event of the termination for any reason of the Main Agreement. |
IN WITNESS of which this Agreement
has been executed as a deed and delivered the day and year first above written.
EXECUTED as a Deed by _________________ acting by:
[name of director] and:
[name of director/secretary[
EXECUTED as a Deed by _________________ acting by:
[name of director] and:
[name of director/secretary[
Schedule 10.1.2.1(A)(i)
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Schedule 10.1.2.1(A)(ii)
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Schedule 13.6
Press Release
AstraZeneca
and Palatin Technologies Announce Worldwide Collaboration
to Discover, Develop and Commercialise Obesity Compounds
AstraZeneca and Palatin Technologies
(AMEX: PTN) (“companies”) today announced an exclusive global licensing and
research collaboration agreement to discover, develop and commercialise small molecule
compounds that target melanocortin receptors.
The collaboration is based on
Palatin’s melanocortin receptor Obesity programme and includes access to compound
libraries, core technologies and expertise in melanocortin receptor drug discovery and
development. A near term objective of the collaboration is to finalise selection of a lead
drug candidate for clinical evaluation. Data accumulated from genetic, pharmacological and
physiological studies identify the central melanocortin system as a key regulator of
energy homeostasis. This offers significant potential for the development of novel
treatments for obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
Under the terms of the agreement,
Palatin will receive an upfront payment of $10 million from AstraZeneca and is eligible
for milestone payments totalling $300 million, with up to $180 million contingent upon
development and regulatory milestones and the balance on achievement of sales targets,
together with the payment of stepped royalties on product sales to double digit rates,
dependent on sales achieved. AstraZeneca will assume responsibility for product
commercialisation, product discovery and development costs, with both companies
contributing scientific expertise in the research collaboration.
Xxx Xxxxxxxx, Executive Vice
President, Discovery, AstraZeneca, said; “This agreement supports our commitment to
discovering and developing innovative medicines in the diabetes and obesity areas. Obesity
and its related indications are an area of strategic importance and this novel approach
afforded by targeting melanocortin receptors has the potential to become one of the
leading treatment modalities of obesity. The deal is an example of us accessing the best
science outside AstraZeneca and also fits with our recent decision to re-focus disease
research with diabetes/obesity now one of the priority areas.”
“Obesity is increasing at an
alarming rate and is a primary factor behind the growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers,” said Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Executive Vice
President, Research and Development of Palatin. “We have made considerable progress
with the pre-clinical development of our melanocortin receptor-based programmes,
especially in the obesity area and we are quite excited to take this programme to the next
level with a world-class organisation like AstraZeneca.”
“This collaboration with
AstraZeneca points to the progress we have made with our melanocortin receptor obesity
programme and the potential of melanocortin receptors as targets for obesity. It
recognises the value Palatin has built and provides the necessary resources to advance the
programme. AstraZeneca has a long-standing record of achievement in drug development and
commercialisation and their global leadership in relevant therapeutic areas makes them the
ideal party to maximise the potential of our obesity programme,” stated Xxxx Xxxxx,
Ph.X. Xxxxxxx’x President & Chief Executive Officer. “This collaboration
highlights the potential of our internal research and development capabilities.”
About Obesity
The rate of obesity, a chronic
disease in which a person’s body weight is seriously greater than is considered
healthy, has substantially increased over the past decade — impacting millions of
people worldwide — and is expected to continue to grow. Today, over 1.1 billion
adults and over 150 million children worldwide are overweight, with over 300 million
adults categorised as obese. According to the American Obesity Association, obesity is the
second leading cause of preventable death after smoking and nearly one-third of adults in
the United States are obese. Obesity is associated with a number of serious conditions
such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Americans spend
almost $120 billion on medical and related costs of obesity according to the U.S. Surgeon
General. Developing an effective therapeutic to address this serious condition could help
save billions of dollars as well as millions of lives.
About AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a major international
healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of
prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. It is one of the
world’s leading pharmaceutical companies with healthcare sales of $23.95 billion and
leading positions in sales of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neuroscience, respiratory,
oncology and infection products. AstraZeneca is listed in the Dow Xxxxx Sustainability
Index (Global) as well as the FTSE4Good Index. For more information about AstraZeneca,
please visit: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
About Palatin
Technologies, Inc.
Palatin Technologies, Inc. is a
biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing targeted,
receptor-specific small molecule and peptide therapeutics. The Company’s lead product
candidate, bremelanotide, is currently in Phase II clinical trials for both male and
female sexual dysfunction. The Company’s internal research and development
capabilities, anchored by its proprietary MIDAS™ technology, are fuelling product
development. Palatin’s strategy is to develop products and then form marketing
collaborations with industry leaders in order to maximise their commercial potential. To
date, the Company has entered into collaborations with AstraZeneca, King Pharmaceuticals
and Tyco Healthcare Mallinckrodt. For additional information regarding Palatin, please
visit Palatin Technologies’ website at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx.
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X January, 2007
For further information
contact:
AstraZeneca Media
Enquiries:
Xxxx XxXxxxxxx, Tel: x00 (0) 000 000 0000
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Tel: x00 (0) 000
000 0000
AstraZeneca Investor Enquiries:
Xxxx Xxxxx, Tel: x00 (0) 000 000 0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Tel: x00 (0) 000 000 0000
Xxxx Hard, Tel: x00 (0)00 0000 0000
Xx Xxxxx, Tel: x0 000 000 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Tel + 0 000 000 0000
Palatin Technologies
Media Inquiries:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, CPA, MST
EVP-Operations / Chief Financial Officer
Tel: (000) 000-0000
xxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Palatin Technologies
Investor Inquiries:
Xxxxxx Noensie, Xxxxx XxXxxxxxx
Tel: (000) 000-0000
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
Schedule 18.1.16
Palatin’s
agreements relating to the Licensed Patents or Compounds
Schedule 18.1.19